Incidence, subtypes, sex differences and trends of stroke in Taiwan

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 11; p. e0277296
• Main Authors: Tsai, Chung-Fen, Wang, Ya-Hui, Teng, Nai-Chi, Yip, Ping-Keung, Chen, Li-Kwang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 16.11.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Brain Ischemia - epidemiology; Cerebral Hemorrhage - epidemiology; Epidemiology; Fatalities; Female; Gender differences; Hemorrhage; Humans; Incidence; Ischemia; Ischemic Stroke; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Men; People and Places; Sex Characteristics; Sex differences; Social Sciences; Stroke; Stroke - epidemiology; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Taiwan - epidemiology; Trend analysis; Trends; Women; Taiwan

Chinese populations have been reported higher incidence of all strokes and intracerebral hemorrhage. However, few large-scale studies have evaluated changes of stroke epidemiology in the 21st century. We explored the rates of incidence of all first-ever strokes, subtypes, and 1-month case fatality b...