This indicator measures the age-standardized rate of new stroke events admitted to an acute care hospital for the Canadian population age 18 and older.
Lower rates are desirable.
Data availability:
to (fiscal years)
Geographic coverage
All provinces/territories except Quebec
Reporting level
National, Province/Territory, Region, Neighbourhood Income Quintile
Calculation
(Total number of new stroke events for persons age 18 and older ÷ Total mid-year population age 18 and older) × 100,000 (Age-adjusted)
Unit of Analysis: Single admission
Denominator
Total mid-year population age 18 and older
Numerator
Cases that are new stroke events admitted to an acute care hospital, age 18 and older
A new event is defined as a first-ever hospitalization for stroke or a recurrent hospitalized stroke occurring more than 28 days after the admission for the previous event in the reference period.
Comments
This indicator includes all new hospitalized stroke events in the reference period, encompassing first-ever and recurrent strokes. A person may have more than one stroke event in the reference period. Stroke events not admitted to an acute care hospital and in-hospital strokes are not included in this indicator.
Note that it is not possible to identify strokes resulting from occlusion of pre-cerebral arteries in the ICD-9 coding system; these strokes are included in this indicator.
Rates for Quebec are not available due to differences in data collection.
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