Table 4.

Subsequent hospitalizations for stroke and transient ischemic attack among patients suffering an index ischemic stroke

	Hospitalizations due to
Time Period	Stroke		TIA
	N (%*)	Rate†	N (%*)	Rate†
Month 1	800 (32.8)	0.56	142 (5.8)	0.10
Month 2	312 (21.4)	0.23	51 (3.5)	0.04
Months 3–6	645 (14.7)	0.12	164 (3.7)	0.03
Months 7–12	433 (8.9)	0.06	152 (3.1)	0.02
Year 2	545 (6.7)	0.04	214 (2.7)	0.02
Year 3	384 (5.6)	0.03	174 (2.5)	0.01
Year 4	344 (5.8)	0.03	102 (1.7)	0.01
Year 5	257 (4.8)	0.03	112 (2.1)	0.01

*Percent of all cause hospitalization

^†Rate expressed as hospitalizations per patient year