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Epidemiology and Classification of Strokes

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Cerebral Ischemia

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Epidemiology concerns the occurrence and distribution of diseases in the population. By prevalence is meant the number of cases of the disease at a particular moment in a given group of persons, for example, in the entire population of a certain territory or in a clearly demarcated population group. Incidence refers to the number of new cases of the disease occurring in a population in a particular period of time. Figures on prevalence and incidence are meaningful only if the given disease is unequivocally defined. If the definition is too specific, many cases are not included (false-negative cases), whereas too broad a definition leads to many false-positive identifications (Table 3.1). Disease mortality indicates the number of patients who die of the disease in a particular period of time (e.g., within a year). Since only a proportion of patients with cerebrovascular diseases die in the short term (early mortality), mortality data represent only an approximate estimate of incidence.

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 6900, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany

    Werner Hacke MD (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Department of Neurology, Streekziekenhuis, 7606 PP, Almelo, The Netherlands

    Herman J. Gelmers MD

  3. Department of Neurology Klinikum Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer, 6800, Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany

    Michael Hennerici MD (Professor and Chairman)

  4. Department of Neurology, University of Mainz, Langenbeckstraße 1, 6500, Mainz 1, Federal Republic of Germany

    Günter Krämer MD

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Hacke, W., Gelmers, H.J., Hennerici, M., Krämer, G. (1991). Epidemiology and Classification of Strokes. In: Cerebral Ischemia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75548-4_3

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