Background and Purpose This report compares stroke incidence, case fatality, and mortality
rates during the first years of the WHO MONICA Project in 16 European and 2 Asian …

Background and Purpose As part of the WHO MONICA Project (World Health Organization
Moni toring Trends and Determinants in Ca rdiovascular Disease), mortality and incidence …

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

Background and Purpose—Mortality from stroke has been declining over recent decades in
most countries, except in Eastern Europe. In this analysis, based on the World Health …

Background and Purpose—Coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke are leading causes of
death and disability. Because they share major common risk factors, it would be expected …

Background Whether changes in stroke mortality are affected by age distribution and birth
cohorts, and if the decline in stroke mortality exhibits heterogeneity by stroke type, remains …

Background and Purpose Incidence of stroke varies markedly in different world populations.
In seven Chinese cities, the effect of a program of risk factor modification on the incidence …

Background The aim of the present study was to determine the extent to which the variation
in conventional risk factors contributed to the variation in stroke incidence among these …

Background Up to date data on incidence, mortality, and case-fatality for stroke are important
for setting the agenda for prevention and healthcare. Aims and/or hypothesis We aim to …

Stroke incidence declined until the end of the 1970s in the United States, and the decline
continued into the 1980s in Japan. The purpose of this study was to determine possible …