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Table 1 Demographic and clinical variables for patients with first-ever stroke in western Sweden during 2008

From: Economic burden of stroke in a large county in Sweden

Patient characteristics

 

Sex, distribution

%

  Female

49.2

  Male

50.8

Age, distribution

 

  <54 years

6.2

  55–64 years

13.1

  65–74 years

22.0

  75–84 years

32.9

  >85 years

25.8

Comorbidity

 

  Atrial fibrillation

27.3 (5*)

  Diabetes mellitus

18.9 (5*)

  Hypertension

55.8 (19*)

  Previous TIA

6.3 (0.2*)

  Smoker

13.7 (13*)

ICD-10, distribution

 

  I61

11.2

  I63

84.9

  I64

3.9

  1. Total number of patients n = 3,074.
  2. Data source: Local administrative register and The Stroke Register.
  3. *Reference value for the age-matched Swedish population, according to The Swedish National Institute of Public Health.
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BMC Health Services Research

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