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Table 4 Subsequent hospitalizations for stroke and transient ischemic attack among patients suffering an index ischemic stroke

From: The time course of subsequent hospitalizations and associated costs in survivors of an ischemic stroke in Canada

 

Hospitalizations due to

Time Period

Stroke

TIA

 

N (%*)

Rate†

N (%*)

Rate†

Month 1

800 (32.8)

0.56

142 (5.8)

0.10

Month 2

312 (21.4)

0.23

51 (3.5)

0.04

Months 3–6

645 (14.7)

0.12

164 (3.7)

0.03

Months 7–12

433 (8.9)

0.06

152 (3.1)

0.02

Year 2

545 (6.7)

0.04

214 (2.7)

0.02

Year 3

384 (5.6)

0.03

174 (2.5)

0.01

Year 4

344 (5.8)

0.03

102 (1.7)

0.01

Year 5

257 (4.8)

0.03

112 (2.1)

0.01

  1. *Percent of all cause hospitalization
  2. †Rate expressed as hospitalizations per patient year
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