Table 1.

Study populations, numbers and rates of first ever in lifetime strokes during study year by location, sex and age group with population denominators

		Males					Females
		45–54	55–64	65–74	75–84	Total*	45–54	55–64	65–74	75–84	Total*
Urban	N	12	26	41	30	109	6	11	35	23	75
	Population	6240	5104	4592	1450	17386	6911	6281	5286	1927	20405
	Rate per 100000	192	509	893	2069	597‡	87	175	662	1194	322§
	95% CI †	99–336	333–746	641–1211	1396–2954	482–712	32–189	87–313	461–921	757–1791	248–395
Rural	N	14	23	27	21	85	3	18	29	32	82
	Population	3183	2474	2250	939	8846	2922	2657	2927	1304	9810
	Rate per 100000	440	930	1200	2236	909‡	103	677	991	2454	667§
	95% CI †	240–738	589–1395	791–1746	1384–3419	712–1105	21–300	402–1071	664–1423	1679–3464	515–818

* directly age standardised by 5-year age groups to world standard population ^† exact Poisson confidence intervals (except for standardised rates) ^‡ 2p = .007 for urban rural difference ^§ 2p = .00006 for urban rural difference