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Table 1 Study populations, numbers and rates of first ever in lifetime strokes during study year by location, sex and age group with population denominators

From: Stroke in urban and rural populations in north-east Bulgaria: incidence and case fatality findings from a 'hot pursuit' study

		Males					Females
		45–54	55–64	65–74	75–84	Total*	45–54	55–64	65–74	75–84	Total*
Urban	N	12	26	41	30	109	6	11	35	23	75
	Population	6240	5104	4592	1450	17386	6911	6281	5286	1927	20405
	Rate per 100000	192	509	893	2069	597^‡	87	175	662	1194	322^§
	95% CI ^†	99–336	333–746	641–1211	1396–2954	482–712	32–189	87–313	461–921	757–1791	248–395
Rural	N	14	23	27	21	85	3	18	29	32	82
	Population	3183	2474	2250	939	8846	2922	2657	2927	1304	9810
	Rate per 100000	440	930	1200	2236	909^‡	103	677	991	2454	667^§
	95% CI ^†	240–738	589–1395	791–1746	1384–3419	712–1105	21–300	402–1071	664–1423	1679–3464	515–818

* directly age standardised by 5-year age groups to world standard population ^† exact Poisson confidence intervals (except for standardised rates) ^‡ 2p = .007 for urban rural difference ^§ 2p = .00006 for urban rural difference

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