Cardiovascular disease fact sheet: prevalence of stroke in Western Australia
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015) Cardiovascular disease fact sheet: prevalence of stroke in Western Australia, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 20 April 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2015). Cardiovascular disease fact sheet: prevalence of stroke in Western Australia. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cardiovascular disease fact sheet: prevalence of stroke in Western Australia. AIHW, 2015.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cardiovascular disease fact sheet: prevalence of stroke in Western Australia. Canberra: AIHW; 2015.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2015, Cardiovascular disease fact sheet: prevalence of stroke in Western Australia, AIHW, Canberra.
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This fact sheet presents the prevalence of stroke in Western Australia in 2010—that is, the number of people who had at least 1 hospital admission for stroke in the previous 10 years and were still alive on 30 June 2010.
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-828-7
- Cat. no: CVD 73
- Pages: 2
Findings from this report:
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In Western Australia, 14,900 people (0.6%) had a stroke between 2000 and 2010 and were still alive in 2010
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Two in three strokes occurred in those aged 65 and over, nearly half were in those aged 75 and over
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Only 17% of stroke cases occurred in those aged under 55 years
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Over half (55%) of strokes occurred in males