Mortality
Information on mortality from cerebrovascular disease and stroke is drawn from the database of death registrations maintained by National Records of Scotland (NRS, formerly the General Register Office for Scotland).
Key points:
- Age standardised mortality rates for cerebrovascular (CVD) have fallen steadily over the last 10 years from 81.9 per 100,000 population in 2002 to 47.7 per 100,000 population in 2011, a reduction of 41.8% in the last 10 years and 5.7% in the last year (see Table MS1
). - CVD mortality is related to age. In 2011 the age-sex standardised mortality rate was 1.5 per 100,000 population in the 0-44 age group whereas in the 75+ age group the rate was 824.1 per 100,000 (see Table MS1)
- The mortality rate for stroke has been decreasing steadily. The 2011 standardised rate was 26.1 per 100,000 population, a fall of 44.6% from the 2002 figure of 47.1 per 100,000 population. Subarachnoid haemorrhage follows a similar downward trend (see Table MS1)
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| Table MS1 Number of cerebrovascular disease deaths, with crude and age-sex standardised mortality rates, by age, health board of residence and year of death registration, 2002-2011. |
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| Table MS2 Cerebrovascular disease mortality in under 75 year olds; progress against targets. |
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| Table MS4 Number of cerebrovascular disease deaths, with crude and age-sex standardised mortality rates, by age, council area of residence and year of death registration 2002-2011. |
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