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Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke

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Stroke is a problem of major importance in the geriatric age group. In 1984, one-half million Americans had a stroke, more than 150,000 died of stroke, and there was a prevalence of 2 million stroke survivors. A great majority of strokes occur in individuals older than 65 years of age. During 1980, death rates from stroke for men and women aged 65 to 69 years were more than five times higher than for individuals aged 50 to 54 years. And for individuals older than 85 years of age, the stroke death rate was over 50 times higher than for individuals in their 50s1. In nearly all age groups, men have more strokes and more stroke deaths than women.

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  1. Section of General Internal Medicine, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Christine K. Cassel M.D. (Chief) (Chief)

  2. Journal of the American Medical Association, 60610, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Donald E. Riesenberg M.D. (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine) (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine)

  3. Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Donald E. Riesenberg M.D. (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine) (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine)

  4. Department of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Leif B. Sorensen M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Chief) (Associate Chief)

  5. Geriatric Medicine, Portland V.A. Medical Center, 97207, Portland, Oregon, USA

    John R. Walsh M.D. (Chief) (Chief)

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Caplan, L. (1990). Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke. In: Cassel, C.K., Riesenberg, D.E., Sorensen, L.B., Walsh, J.R. (eds) Geriatric Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2093-8_34

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