Table 9 Discharge diagnoses for patients referred to acute hospital admission with the diagnosis stroke (K90). Relative risk for different discharge ICD-10 diagnoses by explanatory variables (referrals, age and gender), compared with discharged with cerebral infarction (I63)

Cerebral infarction (I63)

1243

30

58

75 (67–83)

42

TIA (G45)

398

10

60

1.07

0.90–1.27

76 (67–84)

1.02

0.95–1.09

53

1.38

1.16–1.64

Intracerebral haemorrhage (I61)

145

4

63

1.19

0.86–1.63

77 (67–83)

0.99

0.87–1.11

49

1.28

0.93–1.75

Diagnoses chapter R (symptoms)

589

14

58

0.95

0.83–1.07

69 (53–80)

0.82

0.80–0.83

51

1.29

1.14–1.46

Other diagnoses chapter I (circulatory)

382

9

57

0.95

0.80–1.13

74 (65–83)

0.96

0.89–1.02

43

1.05

0.87–1.25

Other diagnoses chapter G (nervous)

366

9

60

0.95

0.80–1.14

67 (51–77)

0.76

0.74–0.79

52

1.36

1.15–1.60

Diagnoses chapter J (respiratory)

133

3

48

0.69

0.50–0.95

81 (73–86)

1.36

1.17–1.58

40

0.79

0.56–1.10

Other^d

822

20

54

0.90

0.81–1.00

74 (63–82)

0.91

0.87–0.94

50

1.25

1.13–1.39

All

4078

100

57

74 (63–83)

47