Table 2.

Prevalence of stroke world-wide

Design	Total n	% age	Age(years)	Men	Women
Prevalence of stroke and its risk factors in urban sri lanka: population-based study	2313	10.4 per 1000	≥18	−47.60%	−52.40%
Prevalence of stroke and coexistent conditions: disparities between indigenous and non indigenous Western Australians.	13 591	5%	25–84	33·7/1000	27·1/1000
Epidemiology of stroke in a rural community in Southeastern Nigeria	494	4.05 (n/1000), 4.41 men(n/1000), 3.75 women, (n/1000)	45–54	227	267
Epidemiology of stroke in a rural community in Southeastern Nigeria	414	12.08 (n/1000), 10.05 men (n/1000), 13.95 women (n/1000)	55–64	199	215
Epidemiology of stroke in a rural community in Southeastern Nigeria	329	6.08 (n/1000), 12.50 men, (n/1000), 0 women, (n/1000)	65–74	160	169
Stroke statistics in korea: part I. epidemiology and risk factors: a report from the korean stroke society and clinical research center for stroke	795,000	1.59%	≥30 years	411,000	384,000
Stroke prevalence in a poor neighbourhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil: applying a stroke symptom questionnaire.	4496	4·6% men, 6·5% women	35