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. 2013 Dec;38(4):314-20.

Hospital mortality associated with stroke in southern iran

Afshin Borhani-Haghighi  1 , Rasool Safari, Seyed Taghi Heydari, Faroq Soleimani, Maryam Sharifian, Sara Yektaparast Kashkuli, Mahsa Nayebi Khayatghuchani, Mahbube Azadi, Abdolhamid Shariat, Anahid Safari, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, Amer Alshekhlee, Salvador Cruz-Flores
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Hospital mortality associated with stroke in southern iran

Afshin Borhani-Haghighi et al. Iran J Med Sci. 2013 Dec.

Abstract

Background: Unlike the western hemisphere, information about stroke epidemiology in southern Iran is scarce. The aim of this study was to determine the main epidemiological characteristics of patients with stroke and its mortality rate in southern Iran.

Methods: A retrospective, single-center, hospital-based longitudinal study was performed at Nemazee Hospital in Shiraz, Southern Iran. Patients with a diagnosis of hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes were identified based on the International Classification of Diseases, 9th and 10th editions, for the period between 2001 and 2010. Demographics including age, sex, area of residence, socioeconomic status, length of hospital stay, and discharge destinations were analyzed in association with mortality.

Results: 16351 patients with a mean age of 63.4 years (95% CI: 63.1, 63.6) were included in this analysis. Men were slightly predominant (53.6% vs. 46.4%). Forty-seven percent of the total sample was older than 65,17% were younger than 45, and 2.6% were children younger than 18. The mean hospital stay was 6.3 days (95% CI: 6.2, 6.4). Among all types of strokes, the overall hospital mortality was 20.5%. Multiple logistic regression revealed significantly higher in-hospital mortality in women and children (P<0.001) but not in patients with low socioeconomic status or from rural areas. During the study period, the mortality proportions increased from 17.8% to 22.2%.

Conclusion: In comparison to western countries, a larger proportion of our patients were young adults and the mortality rate was higher.

Keywords: Cerebrovascular accident; Cerebrovascular disease; Mortality; Sex; Stroke.

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Figure 1
Stratified analysis of age and sex associated with hospital mortality in patients with all types of stroke in Southern Iran
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Figure 2
Trend of overall mortality associated with all types of stroke in southern Iran between 2001 and 2010
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