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Stroke: international comparisons

The new report Scottish Mortality in a European Context includes Excel graphsExcel file icon (781Kb) showing trends for mortality from stroke (cerebrovascular disease) in Scotland, both in the context of the UK and compared with various other European countries, for people aged 15-74 years, by gender. The set of worksheets L2M to L6M (for men) and L2F to L6F (for women) show that among 18 European countries*, between the 1950s and around 2002, Scotland nearly always had the second highest rates behind Portugal, for both men and women. However, in Scotland as in most of these countries, mortality rates have been declining and there is evidence that Scottish rates have declined slightly more than the western European mean** (see worksheets L1M and L1F).

The Scotland and European Health for All (HfA) Database includes stroke mortality trends for Scotland and over 50 countries including the UK, for different age groups, by gender.

Further comparative statistics can be found in the WHO atlas of heart disease and stroke.

 

* The 18 countries included in the comparison were: Scotland, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

** The western European mean was based on 16 countries - those listed above minus Belgium and Greece (which had incomplete data).