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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroepidemiology. 2012 Oct 11;40(1):36–41. doi: 10.1159/000341410

Table 3.

Event rates for stroke attributed to extracranial internal carotid artery stenosis and occlusion*

Stenosis Occlusion
First-ever events First-ever and
recurrent events
First-ever events First-ever and
recurrent events
All n=140 n=176 n=48 n=78
10.7 (8.9, 12.5) 13.4 (11.4, 15.4) 3.7 (2.6,4.8) 6.0 (4.6, 7.3)
Male n=70 n=87 n=26 n=45
13.3 (10.1, 16.4) 16.5 (13.0, 20.0) 4.7 (2.8, 6.5)^ 7.8 (5.5, 10.1)
Female n=70 n=89 n=22 n=33
8.8 (6.7, 10.9) 11.3 (8.9, 13.7) 2.9 (1.7, 4.1)^ 4.4 (2.9, 5.9)
White n=123 n=153 n=43 n=67
10.8 (8.9, 12.7) 13.4 (11.3, 15.6) 3.8 (2.7, 5.0) 6.0 (4.6, 7.4)
Black n=17 n=23 n=5 n=11
10.2 (5.3, 15.0)^ 13.6 (8.0, 19.2)^ 2.8 (0.3, 5.3)^ 6.1 (2.4, 9.7)^
*

Rate per 100,000 persons per year, adjusted to the 2000 United States population.

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Small cell sizes (< 30) may produce unstable estimates.