Table 2.
Characteristics of the patients with stroke symptoms in each region.
| Characteristics | North and Northeast (n = 11,801) | East (n = 55,827) | Central (n = 59,804) | South (n = 22,533) | Southwest (n = 20,589) | Northwest (n = 17,119) |
| Awareness and income status | ||||||
| Unaware and low-income | 236 (2.0) | 1796 (3.2) | 3447 (5.8) | 2301 (10.2) | 1367 (6.6) | 2659 (15.5) |
| Unaware-only | 418 (3.5) | 7107 (12.7) | 7788 (13.0) | 3175 (14.1) | 2405 (11.7) | 1348 (7.9) |
| Low-income-only | 3583 (30.4) | 8150 (14.6) | 14,519 (24.3) | 6500 (28.9) | 5148 (25.0) | 2389 (14.0) |
| Aware and regular income | 7564 (64.1) | 38,774 (69.5) | 34,050 (56.9) | 10,557 (46.9) | 11,669 (56.7) | 10,723 (62.6) |
| Age | ||||||
| <65 years | 8483 (71.9) | 36,221 (64.9) | 34,685 (58.0) | 13,614 (60.4) | 12,465 (60.5) | 11,775 (68.8) |
| ≥65 years | 3318 (28.1) | 19,606 (35.1) | 25,119 (42.0) | 8919 (39.6) | 8124 (39.5) | 5344 (31.2) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 5560 (47.1) | 25,377 (45.5) | 26,942 (45.1) | 10,178 (45.2) | 9111 (44.3) | 8072 (47.2) |
| Female | 6241 (52.9) | 30,450 (54.5) | 32,862 (54.9) | 12,355 (54.8) | 11,478 (55.8) | 9047 (52.8) |
| Education | ||||||
| University | 1608 (13.6) | 2205 (3.9) | 4287 (7.2) | 697 (3.1) | 866 (4.2) | 1400 (8.2) |
| Middle/high school | 6600 (55.9) | 25,279 (45.3) | 30,050 (50.2) | 11,527 (51.2) | 9184 (44.6) | 8056 (47.1) |
| Primary school | 3593 (30.5) | 28,343 (50.8) | 25,467 (42.6) | 10,309 (45.7) | 10,539 (51.2) | 7663 (44.8) |
| Site | ||||||
| Urban | 6215 (52.7) | 28,167 (50.5) | 27,509 (46.0) | 8979 (39.8) | 9969 (48.4) | 10,583 (61.8) |
| Rural | 5586 (47.3) | 27,660 (49.5) | 32,295 (54.0) | 13,554 (60.2) | 10,620 (51.6) | 6536 (38.2) |
| Living status | ||||||
| With family | 11,119 (94.3) | 53,462 (96.3) | 57,976 (97.2) | 21,946 (97.5) | 19,574 (95.3) | 16,664 (97.5) |
| Alone or with others | 669 (5.7) | 2078 (3.7) | 1702 (2.8) | 559 (2.5) | 966 (4.7) | 428 (2.5) |
| Medical insurance | ||||||
| Urban | 8171 (69.6) | 27,922 (50.4) | 28,224 (47.5) | 9747 (44.1) | 9948 (48.7) | 9840 (58.0) |
| Rural | 3566 (30.4) | 27,471 (49.6) | 31,188 (52.5) | 12,348 (55.9) | 10,474 (51.3) | 7136 (42.0) |
| Stroke in acquaintance | ||||||
| Yes | 4773 (40.5) | 9744 (17.5) | 14,748 (24.7) | 3447 (15.3) | 1598 (7.8) | 3267 (19.1) |
| No | 7028 (59.5) | 46,083 (82.5) | 45,056 (75.3) | 19,086 (84.7) | 18,991 (92.2) | 13,852 (80.9) |
| Vascular risk factors present | ||||||
| Yes | 3674 (31.1) | 18,155 (32.5) | 20,631 (34.5) | 6956 (30.9) | 6444 (31.3) | 4233 (24.7) |
| No | 8127 (68.9) | 37,672 (67.5) | 39,173 (65.5) | 15,577 (69.1) | 14,145 (68.7) | 12,886 (75.3) |
Data are presented as n (%). Vascular risk factors present were defined as having one of the following conditions, including hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, heart disease, smoking, or drinking alcohol.