A Prospective Community-Based Study of Stroke in Kolkata, India

2007253 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Shyamal Kumar Das · National Neurosciences Centre

Tapas Kumar Banerjee · Indian Statistical Institute

Atanu Biswas · All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health

Trishit Roy · Indian Statistical Institute

Deepak Raut · National Neurosciences Centre

C.S. Mukherjee · Indian Statistical Institute

Arijit Chaudhuri

Abstract

The age standardized prevalence and incidence rates of stroke in this study are similar to or higher than many Western nations. The overall case fatality rate is among the highest category of stroke fatality in the world. The women have higher incidence and case fatality rates compared with men.

Topics & Keywords

Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Stroke

Volume 38, Issue 3, pp. 906-910

DOI: 10.1161/01.str.0000258111.00319.58

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