Table 4.

Sensitivity Analysis of the Sex‐Specific Trends Omitting the Period 1994–1996

Type	Male				Female
	Period	Estimated Annual Percentage Change (EAPC)	95% CI	P Value	Period	EAPC	95% CI	P Value
Transient ischemic attack	1997–2006	0.01	−3.92 to 4.10	0.995	1997–2012	2.47	0.31 to 4.68	0.025
	2006–2012	17.22	10.21 to 24.67	<0.001
Stroke	1997–2012	2.10	0.88 to 3.35	<0.001	1997–2012	2.88	1.36 to 4.43	<0.001
Subarachnoid hemorrahge	1997–2012	1.03	−0.69 to 2.79	0.241	1997–2012	−3.45	−5.89 to −0.95	0.007
Intracerebral hemorrhage	1997–2012	1.10	−2.31 to 4.62	0.533	1997–2012	0.37	−2.82 to 3.66	0.824
Ischemic stroke	1997–2006	2.34	−2.38 to 7.30	0.337	1997–2012	5.94	2.92 to 9.05	<0.001
	2006–2012	13.69	5.80 to 22.17	<0.001
Unspecified stroke	1997–2006	4.24	−0.44 to 9.15	0.076	1997–2006	3.23	−0.44 to 7.04	0.085
	2006–2012	−2.51	−10.10 to 5.73	0.540	2006–2012	−0.08	−6.20 to 6.43	0.979
Nonhemorrhagic stroke	1997–2012	3.77	1.87 to 5.71	<0.001	1997–2012	3.38	1.73 to 5.05	<0.001