Table 12.
Inpatients with ischaemic stroke from the Hospital Quality Monitoring System in 2018 by age and sex
| Variables | Total (n=2 466 785 (100%)) |
Male (n=1 460 467 (59.2%)) |
Female (n=1 006 318 (40.8%)) |
| Age (years) | |||
| <18 | 1555 (0.1) | 936 (0.1) | 619 (0.1) |
| 18–24 | 1258 (0.1) | 757 (0.1) | 501 (0.0) |
| 25–29 | 3611 (0.1) | 2541 (0.2) | 1070 (0.1) |
| 30–34 | 8600 (0.3) | 6542 (0.4) | 2058 (0.2) |
| 35–39 | 18 521 (0.8) | 14 554 (1.0) | 3967 (0.4) |
| 40–44 | 42 521 (1.7) | 31 925 (2.2) | 10 596 (1.1) |
| 45–49 | 109 070 (4.4) | 77 032 (5.3) | 32 038 (3.2) |
| 50–54 | 197 522 (8.0) | 131 870 (9.0) | 65 652 (6.5) |
| 55–59 | 240 695 (9.8) | 158 180 (10.8) | 82 515 (8.2) |
| 60–64 | 357 504 (14.5) | 219 813 (15.1) | 137 691 (13.7) |
| 65–69 | 398 120 (16.1) | 229 912 (15.7) | 168 208 (16.7) |
| 70–74 | 350 936 (14.2) | 194 747 (13.3) | 156 189 (15.5) |
| 75–79 | 316 267 (12.8) | 168 082 (11.5) | 148 185 (14.7) |
| 80–84 | 246 343 (10.0) | 126 991 (8.7) | 119 352 (11.9) |
| 85+ | 174 262 (7.1) | 96 585 (6.6) | 77 677 (7.7) |