Table 1.
Incidence rates per 100,000 population of first-ever stroke, by age and sex in Aosta Valley, Italy in 2004–2008
| Men | Women | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number at risk | Number of cases | Incidence rate (95 % CI) | Number at risk | Number of cases | Incidence rate (95 % CI) | Number at risk | Number of cases | Incidence rate (95 % CI) | |
| Age group (years) | |||||||||
| 0–44 | 33,745 | 34 | 20.2 (13.4–26.9) | 31,869 | 19 | 11.9 (6.6–17.3) | 65,614 | 53 | 16.2 (11.8–20.5) |
| 45–54 | 9,115 | 38 | 83.4 (56.9–109.9) | 8,777 | 21 | 47.9 (27.4–68.3) | 17,892 | 59 | 66 (49.1–82.8) |
| 55–64 | 7,933 | 97 | 244.5 (195.9–293.2) | 7,700 | 38 | 98.7 (67.3–130.1) | 15,633 | 135 | 172.7 (143.6–201.8) |
| 65–74 | 6,341 | 177 | 558.3 (476.3–640.3) | 7,171 | 123 | 343 (282.5–403.6) | 13,512 | 300 | 444 (393.9–494.2) |
| 75–84 | 3,623 | 220 | 1,214.5 (1,055–1,374) | 5,670 | 263 | 927.7 (816.1–1,039.3) | 9,293 | 483 | 1,039.5 (947.3–1,131.7) |
| ≥85 | 831 | 85 | 2,045.7 (1,615.3–2,476.2) | 2,328 | 211 | 1,812.7 (1,570.3–2,055.1) | 3,159 | 296 | 1,874 (1,662.5–2,085.5) |
| All | 61,588 | 651 | 211.4 (195.2–227.6) | 63,515 | 675 | 212.5 (196.5–228.6) | 125,103 | 1,326 | 212 (200.6–223.4) |
| Standardiseda | 228.7 (211.9–245.6) | 157 (143.2–170.8) | 189.3 (178.5–200) | ||||||
| Standardisedb | 100 (88.8–111.2) | 62.1 (53.4–70.8) | 80.2 (73.2–87.2) | ||||||
aAge-adjusted rate standardised to the Italian population
bAge-adjusted rate standardised to the world population