Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics and neurological deficits of patients with stroke over study period, 1995-2009. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise
| Characteristics | Study period | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-7 (n=907) | 1998-2000 (n=810) | 2001-3 (n=757) | 2004-6 (n=706) | 2007-9 (n=620) | ||
| Mean (SD) age (years) | 72.7 (13.0) | 71.5 (13.5) | 71.0 (14.2) | 70.0 (14.6) | 69.8 (15.6) | 0.002 |
| Men | 448 (49.4) | 405 (50.0) | 376 (49.7) | 390 (55.2) | 302 (49.4) | 0.12 |
| Ethnic group: | ||||||
| White | 731 (80.6) | 597 (73.7) | 532 (70.3) | 473 (67.0) | 421 (67.9) | <0.001 |
| Black | 134 (14.8) | 150 (18.5) | 149 (19.7) | 159 (22.5) | 149 (24.0) | |
| Other | 39 (4.3) | 44 (5.4) | 39 (5.2) | 53 (7.5) | 36 (5.8) | |
| Unknown | 3 (0.3) | 19 (2.4) | 37 (4.9) | 21 (3.0) | 14 (2.3) | |
| Socioeconomic status: | ||||||
| Non-manual | 207 (22.8) | 206 (25.4) | 204 (27.0) | 186 (26.4) | 160 (25.8) | <0.001 |
| Manual | 555 (61.2) | 422 (52.1) | 444 (58.7) | 377 (53.4) | 294 (47.4) | |
| Economically inactive | 118 (13.0) | 128 (15.8) | 72 (9.5) | 109 (15.4) | 122 (19.7) | |
| Unknown | 27 (3.0) | 54 (6.7) | 37 (4.9) | 34 (4.8) | 44 (7.1) | |
| Living conditions before stroke: | ||||||
| Alone in private accommodation | 328 (36.2) | 147 (18.2) | 257 (34.0) | 258 (36.5) | 189 (30.5) | <0.001 |
| With others in private accommodation | 456 (50.3) | 162 (20.0) | 404 (53.4) | 380 (53.8) | 355 (57.3) | |
| Nursing home or other | 87 (9.6) | 43 (5.3) | 65 (8.6) | 54 (7.7) | 73 (11.8) | |
| Unknown | 36 (4.0) | 458 (56.5) | 31 (4.1) | 14 (2.0) | 3 (0.5) | |
| Stroke subtype: | ||||||
| Infarction | 680 (75.0) | 621 (76.7) | 606 (80.1) | 589 (83.4) | 536 (86.5) | <0.001 |
| Primary intracerebral haemorrhage | 118 (13.0) | 136 (16.8) | 108 (14.3) | 102 (14.5) | 40 (6.5) | |
| Unclassified | 107 (11.8) | 41 (5.1) | 30 (4.0) | 7 (1.0) | 0 | |
| Unknown | 2 (0.2) | 12 (1.5) | 13 (1.7) | 8 (1.1) | 44 (7.1) | |
| Glasgow coma scale score: | ||||||
| <13 (impaired consciousness) | 258 (28.5) | 189 (23.3) | 205 (27.1) | 178 (25.2) | 171 (27.6) | 0.10 |
| ≥13 | 627 (69.1) | 591 (73.0) | 496 (65.5) | 507 (71.8) | 425 (68.6) | |
| Unknown | 22 (2.4) | 30 (3.7) | 56 (7.4) | 21 (3.0) | 24 (3.9) | |
| Incontinence: | ||||||
| Yes | 438 (48.3) | 316 (39.0) | 312 (41.2) | 298 (42.2) | 250 (40.5) | <0.001 |
| No | 425 (46.9) | 413 (51.0) | 358 (47.3) | 391 (55.4) | 358 (57.9) | |
| Unknown | 44 (4.9) | 81 (10.0) | 87 (11.5) | 17 (2.4) | 10 (1.6) | |
| Speech deficit: | ||||||
| Yes | 555 (61.2) | 399 (49.3) | 491 (64.9) | 512 (72.5) | 462 (74.5) | 0.002 |
| None | 233 (25.7) | 109 (13.5) | 215 (28.4) | 191 (27.1) | 148 (23.9) | |
| Unknown | 119 (13.1) | 302 (37.3) | 51 (6.7) | 3 (0.4) | 10 (1.6) | |
| Swallow impairment: | ||||||
| Yes | 416 (45.9) | 289 (35.7) | 277 (36.6) | 235 (33.3) | 178 (28.7) | <0.001 |
| None | 439 (48.4) | 442 (54.6) | 383 (50.6) | 386 (54.7) | 345 (55.7) | |
| Unknown | 52 (5.7) | 79 (9.8) | 97 (12.8) | 85 (12.0) | 97 (15.7) | |
| Motor deficit: | ||||||
| Present | 787 (86.8) | 641 (79.1) | 609 (80.5) | 587 (83.1) | 511 (82.4) | <0.001 |
| None | 94 (10.4) | 113 (14.0) | 101 (13.3) | 110 (15.6) | 100 (16.1) | |
| Unknown | 26 (2.9) | 56 (6.9) | 47 (6.2) | 9 (1.3) | 9 (1.5) | |