Table 1.

Demographic characteristics for stroke patients in Lithuania.

	Stroke patients 2006–2013 (n = 114,436)	Stroke patients 2014–2019 (n = 65,084)	p-Value
Female, n (%)	67,510 (59.0)	37,234 (57.2)	<0.001
Age range in years, n (%)
0–17	27 (0.02)	34 (0.05)	0.002
18–44	2001 (1.7)	866 (1.3)	<0.001
45–64	26,212 (22.9)	12,958 (19.9)	<0.001
⩾65	86,168 (75.3)	51,226 (78.7)	<0.001
No data	28 (0.02)	0
Place of residence, n (%)
Urban	76,083 (66.5)	42,089 (64.7)	<0.001
Rural	37,869 (33.1)	22,900 (35.2)	<0.001
No data	484 (0.4)	95 (0.1)
Treatment place, n (%)
CSC	35,584 (31.1)	27,625 (42.4)	<0.001
PCS	10,486 (9.2)	7784 (12.0)	<0.001
Nonspecialized hospital	68,366 (59.7)	29,675 (45.6)	<0.001
Days in hospital, mean (SD)	13.0 (1.7)	10.2 (0.2)	<0.001

CSC: comprehensive stroke center; PSC: primary stroke center; SD: standard deviation.