Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of deaths mentioning stroke (overall and by subtype).
| OVERALL | STROKE SUBTYPE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PERIOD AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTIC | N = 2,459,7421 | HEMORRHAGIC N = 472,0521 | ISCHEMIC N = 470,4011 | UNSPECIFIED N = 1,517,2891 |
| Period | ||||
| 2000–2004 | 567,101 (23.1%) | 103,235 (21.9%) | 93,021 (19.8%) | 370,845 (24.4%) |
| 2005–2009 | 605,534 (24.6%) | 111,169 (23.6%) | 103,603 (22.0%) | 390,762 (25.8%) |
| 2010–2014 | 635,649 (25.8%) | 122,400 (25.9%) | 121,474 (25.8%) | 391,775 (25.8%) |
| 2015–2019 | 651,458 (26.5%) | 135,248 (28.7%) | 152,303 (32.4%) | 363,907 (24.0%) |
| Region | ||||
| Midwest | 145,622 (5.9%) | 32,010 (6.8%) | 31,079 (6.6%) | 82,533 (5.4%) |
| Northeast | 643,693 (26.2%) | 107,402 (22.8%) | 88,496 (18.8%) | 447,795 (29.5%) |
| North | 126,764 (5.2%) | 24,912 (5.3%) | 16,748 (3.6%) | 85,104 (5.6%) |
| Southeast | 1,110,449(45.1%) | 236,795 (50.2%) | 234,149 (49.8%) | 639,505 (42.1%) |
| South | 433,214 (17.6%) | 70,933 (15.0%) | 99,929 (21.2%) | 262,352 (17.3%) |
| Age group (years) | ||||
| 19–39 | 76,438 (3.1%) | 46,227 (9.8%) | 9,306 (2.0%) | 20,905 (1.4%) |
| 40–59 | 409,258 (16.6%) | 161,417 (34.2%) | 62,395 (13.3%) | 185,446 (12.2%) |
| 60–79 | 1,145,977 (46.6%) | 187,589 (39.7%) | 226,729 (48.2%) | 731,659 (48.2%) |
| ≥ 80 | 828,069 (33.7%) | 76,819 (16.3%) | 171,971 (36.6%) | 579,279 (38.2%) |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 1,212,314 (49.3%) | 233,129 (49.4%) | 238,844 (50.8%) | 740,341 (48.8%) |
| Male | 1,247,168 (50.7%) | 238,877 (50.6%) | 231,517 (49.2%) | 776,774 (51.2%) |
| DC2 | 260 (0.01%) | 46 | 40 | 174 |
| Race/skin color | ||||
| Yellow | 16,147 (0.7%) | 3,742 (0.9%) | 3,261 (0.7%) | 9,144 (0.7%) |
| White | 1,301,687 (57.0%) | 241,956 (55,3%) | 280,430 (63,5%) | 779,301 (55,6%) |
| Indigenous | 3,742 (0.2%) | 690 (0.2%) | 531 (0.1%) | 2,521 (0.2%) |
| Brown | 749,505 (32.8%) | 151,030 (34.5%) | 120,789 (27.3%) | 477,686 (34.1%) |
| Black | 210,581 (9.2%) | 39,899 (9.1%) | 36,803 (8.3%) | 133,879 (9.5%) |
| DC2 | 178,080 (7.24%) | 34,735 | 28,587 | 114,758 |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Single | 453,161 (19.9%) | 111,850 (25.7%) | 76,770 (17.5%) | 264,541 (18.8%) |
| C Union3 | 34,925 (1.5%) | 8,808 (2.0%) | 5,607 (1.3%) | 20,510 (1.5%) |
| Married | 953,753 (41.9%) | 196439 (45.2%) | 180,205 (41.0%) | 577,109 (41.1%) |
| Separated | 113,147 (5.0%) | 29,609 (6.8%) | 23,975 (5.5%) | 59,563 (4.2%) |
| Widowed | 723,502 (31.8%) | 88,254 (20.3%) | 153,305 (34.9%) | 481,943 (34.3%) |
| DC2 | 181,254(7,4%) | 37,092 | 30,539 | 113,623 |
| Education level | ||||
| None | 503.908 (28.7%) | 52,763 (16.2%) | 80,089 (23.8%) | 371,056 (33.9%) |
| 1–3 y | 587,334 (33.4%) | 98,464 (30.2%) | 117,877 (35.1%) | 370,993 (33.9%) |
| 4–7 y | 394,355 (22.5%) | 89,701 (27.5%) | 80,705 (24.0%) | 223,949 (20.5%) |
| 8–11 y | 188,750 (10.7%) | 58,261 (17.9%) | 39,862 (11.9%) | 90,627 (8.3%) |
| ≥12 y | 81,621 (4.6%) | 26,748 (8.2%) | 17,339 (5.2%) | 37,534 (3.4%) |
| DC2 | 703,774(28.61%) | 146,115 | 134,529 | 423,130 |
| Place of death | ||||
| At home | 419,374 (17.1%) | 26,532 (5.6%) | 53,001 (11.3%) | 339,841 (22.4%) |
| Hospital | 1,917,378 (78.0%) | 422,563 (89.6%) | 399,274 (84.9%) | 1,095,541 (72.3%) |
| Other4 | 73,706 (3.0%) | 9,861 (2.1%) | 11,493 (2.4%) | 52,352 (3.5%) |
| Pub thoroughfare5 | 14,438 (0.6%) | 7,191 (1.5%) | 901 (0.2%) | 6,346 (0.4%) |
| Other | 31,781 (1.3%) | 5,427 (1.2%) | 5,400 (1.1%) | 20,954 (1.4%) |
| DC3 | 3,065(0.13%) | 478 | 332 | 2,255 |
[i] 1Total number.
2 Unknown.
3Consensual union.
4Other type of health facility.
5Public thoroughfare.
Figure 1
Frequency of groups of causes of death in deaths mentioning stroke (overall and by subtype).
Figure 2
Frequency of groups of causes of death among deaths mentioning stroke by subtype and region.
Figure 3
Decision tree for hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke. The percentages on the left represent hemorrhagic stroke and the colors represent magnitude.