TABLE 3.
Age- and ethnic-specific cumulative incidence adjusted to add the out-of-hospital cases to the in-hospital cases of ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack, Nueces County, Texas, January 2000–December 2002
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ischemic stroke | ||||||||
| 45–59 | 159 | 26,462 | 60 | 73 | 25,127 | 29 | 2.07 | 1.57, 2.73 |
| 60–74 | 269 | 13,331 | 202 | 207 | 15,411 | 134 | 1.50 | 1.26, 1.80 |
| ≥75 | 233 | 5,727 | 407 | 319 | 8,969 | 356 | 1.14 | 0.97, 1.35 |
| >45 | 661 | 45,520 | 145 | 599 | 49,507 | 121 | 1.20 | 1.08, 1.34 |
| Transient ischemic attack | ||||||||
| 45–59 | 86 | 26,462 | 32 | 47 | 25,127 | 19 | 1.74 | 1.22, 2.48 |
| 60–74 | 128 | 13,331 | 96 | 127 | 15,411 | 82 | 1.17 | 0.91, 1.49 |
| ≥75 | 113 | 5,727 | 197 | 181 | 8,969 | 202 | 0.98 | 0.77, 1.23 |
| >45 | 327 | 45,520 | 72 | 355 | 49,507 | 72 | 1.00 | 0.86, 1.16 |
*
Number of cases reflects 69 out-of-hospital cases (27 ischemic stroke and 42 transient ischemic attack) inflated based on the sampling scheme to 168 cases (71 ischemic stroke and 97 transient ischemic attack) to reflect numbers for the total population.