Tài liệu Báo cáo y học: "Lifetime health effects and medical costs of integrated stroke services - a non-rand

In The Netherlands, as in most Western countries, stroke is a major contributor to the total burden of disease, in terms of morbidity, mortality and concomitant costs. In 2007, incidence of primary stroke was 2.12 per 1,000 men and 2.23 per 1,000 women, prevalence of stroke was 11.89 per 1,000 men and 11.48 per 1,000 women, and mortality from stroke was 46.50 per 100,000 men and 69.84 per 100,000 women [1]. The incidence rates in the Netherlands have only fluctuated around the same level since the early 1990 s. Yet, motality has been steadily declining [1].