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. 2017 Apr 21;6(4):e004601. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.116.004601

Table 3.

Incidence Rates of Different Types of Stroke in Antepartum, Peripartum, Postpartum, and Nonpregnant Time (n=2 046 048)

Ischemic Stroke Intracerebral Hemorrhage Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Unspecified Stroke
Cases, n Ratea (95% CI) Cases, n Ratea (95% CI) Cases, n Ratea (95% CI) Cases, n Ratea (95% CI)
Nonpregnant timeb 1073 11.0 (10.4–11.7) 357 3.7 (3.3–4.1) 691 7.1 (6.6–7.6) 319 3.3 (2.9–3.7)
Antepartum 13 4.2 (2.4–7.3) <5 1.3 (0.5–3.5) 9 2.9 (1.5–5.6) 7 2.3 (1.1–4.8)
Peripartum <5 60.4 (19.5–187.4) 0 <5 60.4 (19.5–187.4) <5 40.3 (10.1–161.2)
Early postpartum 15 30.8 (18.5–51.0) 5 10.3 (4.3–24.6) <5 4.1 (1.0–16.4) <5 2.1 (0.3–14.6)
Late postpartum 5 10.1 (4.2–24.3) <5 4.1 (1.0–16.2) 0 0

According to the data license agreement, we do not report data for cells with <5 patients; therefore, we use <5 instead.

a

Rate per 100 000 person‐years.

b

Excluding the first 12 weeks postpartum.