Table 1.

Summary of average age-standardized incident and mortality of acute stroke in 25–74-year-old population in 1987–1993^a [23].

Monitored area	Average monitored population		Incident (/0.1 million)		Mortality (/0.1 million)		Fatality rate (%)
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Heilongjiang	293, 929	284, 955	646	368	129	89	20	24
Jilinb	193, 436	179, 135	508	256	104	68	20	26
Guangdongb	37, 780	32, 880	330	167	94	44	28	26
Liaoning	248, 140	243, 237	276	137	113	68	41	49
Beijing	234, 776	241, 248	247	196	91	72	33	36
Henanb	65, 005	63, 403	254	191	140	105	55	54
Hebei	60, 673	61, 413	236	166	101	81	43	48
Inner Mongoliab	88, 629	86, 754	217	169	77	58	25	34
Shandongb	58, 922	52, 374	210	134	65	59	31	44
Fujianb	29, 708	28, 905	174	71	112	43	64	60
Xinjiangb	17, 898	16, 437	174	198	41	51	23	26
Shanghai	124, 014	133, 591	150	117	72	53	48	45
Szechwan	68, 089	68, 234	133	80	72	46	54	57
Jiangxib	58, 618	54, 853	102	74	46	32	45	43
Jiangsu	112, 749	114, 785	95	55	50	33	52	60
Anhui	38, 107	36, 843	63	45	43	30	68	66
Total	1,730, 473	1, 699, 047	270	161	89	61	33	38

^aThe age-standardized rate is the standardized rate of the world population. ^bThe marked cooperative province in 1987–1989 (Shandong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan, and Guangdong) or 1987–1991 (Inner Mongolia).