Table 2.
Prevalences of stroke and its subtypes by demographic characteristics
| Category | Subcategory | Stroke | Stroke | |
| Ischaemic stroke | Haemorrhagic stroke | |||
| 7.2 (6.3–8.2) | 6.7 (5.9–7.7) | 0.5 (0.3–0.8) | ||
| Age (years) | 40–49 | 2.8 (1.8–4.3) | 2.7 (1.7–4.2) | 0.1 (0.0–0.7) |
| 50–59 | 6.5 (5.2–8.2) | 5.8 (4.5–7.4) | 0.7 (0.4–1.5) | |
| 60–69 | 13.6 (11.4–16.1) | 12.6 (10.5–15.0) | 1.0 (0.5–1.9) | |
| ≥70 | 15.9 (11.8–21.1) | 15.4 (11.4–20.4) | 0.6 (0.1–3.8) | |
| p value | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.124 | |
| Gender | Men | 8.8 (7.3–10.4) | 8.2 (6.8–9.8) | 0.6 (0.3–1.0) |
| Women | 5.7 (4.7–6.9) | 5.2 (4.3–6.4) | 0.5 (0.2–1.0) | |
| p value | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.661 | |
| Residence | Urban | 6.6 (5.5–7.8) | 6.2 (5.1–7.4) | 0.4 (0.2–0.8) |
| Rural | 7.5 (6.3–8.7) | 6.9 (5.8–8.2) | 0.5 (0.3–1.0) | |
| p value | 0.318 | 0.355 | 0.691 | |
| Educational level | Primary school and below | 9.5 (8.0–11.3) | 8.9 (7.4–10.6) | 0.6 (0.3–1.2) |
| Junior middle school | 5.4 (4.3–6.8) | 5.0 (3.9–6.3) | 0.4 (0.2–0.9) | |
| Senior middle school | 4.9 (3.1–7.5) | 4.3 (2.7–6.7) | 0.6 (0.4–3.0) | |
| College and above | 4.2 (2.5–6.9) | 3.9 (2.3–6.6) | 0.3 (0.0–2.0) | |
| p value | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.861 | |
Data are presented as weighted prevalence (95% CIs).
p values were calculated with the Rao-Scott-χ2 test.