TABLE 1.

Age- and ethnic-specific cumulative incidence of total completed cerebrovascular events (first-ever and recurrent ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage), Nueces County, Texas, January 2000–December 2002

	Total first-ever and recurrent ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, and subarachnoid hemorrhage*
Age (years)	Mexican-American cases	Mexican-American denominator	Cumulative incidence/ 10,000	Non-Hispanic White cases	Non-Hispanic White denominator	Cumulative incidence/ 10,000	Mexican-American/non-Hispanic White risk ratio	95% confidence interval
45–59	201	26,462	76	91	25,127	36	2.10	1.64, 2.69
60–74	298	13,331	224	216	15,411	140	1.59	1.34, 1.90
≥75	268	5,727	468	366	8,969	408	1.15	0.98, 1.34
>45	767	45,520	168	673	49,507	136	1.24	1.12, 1.37

^*Breslow-Day test for homogeneity across age strata: p < 0.001.