Incidence of Greenlandic stroke-survivors in Greenland: A 2-year cross-sectional study
Objectives. To estimate age- and gender-specific incidence rates among Greenlandic stroke-survivors. Study design. The study was performed as a cross-sectional observational study. Methods. All Greenlandic patients admitted to Queen Ingrid's Hospital (QIH) with stroke in 2011 and 2012 wer...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e90da9a1d5fe47d3a4ce2b94bfdcf1d4 2023-05-15T15:09:29+02:00 Incidence of Greenlandic stroke-survivors in Greenland: A 2-year cross-sectional study Karen Bjorn-Mortensen Folmer Lynggaard Michael Lynge Pedersen 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v72i0.22626 https://doaj.org/article/e90da9a1d5fe47d3a4ce2b94bfdcf1d4 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/download/22626/pdf_1 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 doi:10.3402/ijch.v72i0.22626 2242-3982 https://doaj.org/article/e90da9a1d5fe47d3a4ce2b94bfdcf1d4 International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 72, Iss 0, Pp 1-6 (2013) stroke Greenlanders incidence Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2013 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v72i0.22626 2022-12-31T03:37:52Z Objectives. To estimate age- and gender-specific incidence rates among Greenlandic stroke-survivors. Study design. The study was performed as a cross-sectional observational study. Methods. All Greenlandic patients admitted to Queen Ingrid's Hospital (QIH) with stroke in 2011 and 2012 were included in the study. Data were obtained from patient files and the Central Civil Registration System. Age- and gender-specific incidence rates were estimated as cases/100,000 adults/year. Direct age-standardized incidence rate was calculated using the WHO 2000–2005 population as the standard. Results. In 2011 and 2012, 156 cases of stroke were registered, 72 (46.2%) males and 84 (53.8%) females. The overall incidence rate of stroke was 155/100,000 person-years (95% CI 121–190), with ischemic stroke accounting for 89.1% of these. No significant differences were seen between men and women. Direct age-standardized incidence rate was 149/year/100,000 (95% CI 192–264). Median age at time of diagnosis was 60 years (interquartile range 53–69). Conclusions. This study reports an age-standardized all-stroke incidence rate of Greenlandic stroke-survivors in Greenland within the wide range as incidences in Western Europe. A noticeable difference when compared to Denmark was that male and female incidence were approximately the same, and that incidence rates were high in the younger age groups. The majority of strokes were of ischemic origin. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health Greenland greenlander* greenlandic International Journal of Circumpolar Health Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Greenland International Journal of Circumpolar Health 72 1 22626 |
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Objectives. To estimate age- and gender-specific incidence rates among Greenlandic stroke-survivors. Study design. The study was performed as a cross-sectional observational study. Methods. All Greenlandic patients admitted to Queen Ingrid's Hospital (QIH) with stroke in 2011 and 2012 were included in the study. Data were obtained from patient files and the Central Civil Registration System. Age- and gender-specific incidence rates were estimated as cases/100,000 adults/year. Direct age-standardized incidence rate was calculated using the WHO 2000–2005 population as the standard. Results. In 2011 and 2012, 156 cases of stroke were registered, 72 (46.2%) males and 84 (53.8%) females. The overall incidence rate of stroke was 155/100,000 person-years (95% CI 121–190), with ischemic stroke accounting for 89.1% of these. No significant differences were seen between men and women. Direct age-standardized incidence rate was 149/year/100,000 (95% CI 192–264). Median age at time of diagnosis was 60 years (interquartile range 53–69). Conclusions. This study reports an age-standardized all-stroke incidence rate of Greenlandic stroke-survivors in Greenland within the wide range as incidences in Western Europe. A noticeable difference when compared to Denmark was that male and female incidence were approximately the same, and that incidence rates were high in the younger age groups. The majority of strokes were of ischemic origin. |
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Incidence of Greenlandic stroke-survivors in Greenland: A 2-year cross-sectional study |
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Incidence of Greenlandic stroke-survivors in Greenland: A 2-year cross-sectional study |
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Incidence of Greenlandic stroke-survivors in Greenland: A 2-year cross-sectional study |
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Incidence of Greenlandic stroke-survivors in Greenland: A 2-year cross-sectional study |
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incidence of greenlandic stroke-survivors in greenland: a 2-year cross-sectional study |
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