Prevalence of Stroke in Pyongchang County / 한국역학회지

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of stroke in Pyongchang county, Kangwon do. METHODS: The presumptive stroke patients of Pyongchang county were identified with a key-person method in October 2000. And then, medical records of these patients were reviewed by well-trained two students who major in the science of medical record. RESULTS: In the year 2000, there were 92 males and 68 females of self-diagnosed stroke. Of these, stroke patients based on physician's diagnosis were 102, and stroke patients based on CT/MRI findings or Minnesota criteria were 93. Prevalence rate of self-reported stroke, stroke based on physician's diagnosis, and stroke based on CT/MRI findings or Minnesota criteria were 0.33%, 0.29%, and 0.26% respectively. CONCLUSION: We conclude that verifying process of diagnosis is needed to estimate the prevalence of stroke in community.