International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol 28, 853-858, Copyright © 1999 by International Epidemiological Association
RT Hsu, ME Ardron, W Brooks, D Cherry, NA Taub and JL Botha
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the number of strokes in Leicestershire and
investigate possible differences between South Asian and white patients.
DESIGN: Prospective incidence sample survey. SETTING: Leicestershire.
PARTICIPANTS: Acute stroke cases occurring in registered populations of 12
'high Asian' and 11 'low Asian' general practices. RESULTS: The
age-specific incidence rates of stroke in Leicestershire were similar to
those of the Oxford Community Stroke Project. South Asian patients were
less likely to be living alone at home before their stroke and they tended
to be younger than whites. However, only 12% of South Asian patients with a
stroke were not admitted to hospital within 7 days of their stroke compared
to 23% of white patients (chi2 = 3.24, d.f. = 1, P = 0.07). Only 21% of
South Asian patients died within 28 days of their stroke compared to 33% of
white patients (age-adjusted odds ratio = 0.37; 95% CI: 0.14-0.97).
CONCLUSIONS: Overlapping case-finding was crucial to finding all 'possible'
strokes and this required close collaborative working between general
practices, community health services, hospitals and the health authority.
Relatively fewer South Asian patients were managed in the community in the
first 7 days. Interestingly, South Asian patients were less likely than
white patients to die within 28 days. This is an area worthy of further
research.
ARTICLES
The 1996 Leicestershire Community Stroke & Ethnicity Study: differences and similarities between South Asian and white strokes
Leicestershire Health, Leicester, UK.
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