This article presents death rates for cerebrovascular disease (stroke) by sex for ages 35 to
74 years in 1990 for 52 countries, and trends in rates from 1950 to 1990 for 30 countries …

The objective of this study was to investigate risk factors for death from different types of
stroke among men screened for the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT). A total of …

Background: Rates of death from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases have been
steadily declining over the past few decades. Whether such declines are occurring to a …

Background and Purpose—Stroke mortality has been declining since the early 20th century.
The reasons for this are not completely understood, although the decline is welcome. As a …

Background and Purpose Stroke registers were established as part of the international
collaborative World Health Organization Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in …

Objective To determine the age and sex specific incidence, and case fatality of stroke in
Perth, Western Australia. Design and setting A population‐based descriptive …

Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the United States since 1921, and
stroke has been the third leading cause since 1938; together they account for approximately …

The validity of routine stroke data (official mortality statistics and hospital discharge
registries) and a population-based MONICA stroke registry was assessed in a population of …

Background and Purpose—The World Health Organization data bank is an invaluable
source of information for international comparison of mortality trends. We present rates and …

Objective: To describe trends in mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) and
cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs) over the period 1970 to 2000 in the Americas. Methods …