Introduction Stroke is a is a medical emergency and can cause permanent neurological damage and death. Risk factors for stroke include old age, high blood pressure, previous stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), diabetes, high cholesterol, tobacco smoking and atrial fibrillation. 1 High blood pressure is the most important modifiable risk factor of stroke. 1 It is the second leading cause of death worldwide. 2 Trends of mortality from stroke Stroke was the second most frequent cause of death worldwide in 2008, accounting for 6.
2 million deaths. 3 Approximately 17 million people had a stroke in 2010 and 33 million people have previously had a stroke and were still alive. 4 Between 1990 and 2010 the number of strokes decrease by approximately 10% in the developed world and increased by 10% in the developing world. 4 Overall two thirds of strokes occurred in those over 65 years old. 4 This trend is also true for the United States of America. Mortality from stroke showed a decreasing trend both nationally and in the Maine state for the last 10 years.
5 Table 1: Nationwide Mortality from stroke-CDC Deaths Crude per 100000 1999 10,101 3. 6 2000 9,427 3. 3 2001 8,736 3. 1 2002 8,492 3. 0 2003 8,560 3. 0 2004 7,739 2. 6 2005 4,564 1. 5 2006 4,139 1. 4 2007 3,826 1. 3 2008 3,633 1. 2 2009 3,495 1. 1 2010 3,322 1. 1 Total 76,034 2. 2 Table 2. Mortality from stroke in Maine state-CDC Year Deaths Crude per 100000 1999 64 5. 1 2000 54 4. 2 2001 53 4. 1 2002 58 4. 5 2003 56 4. 3 2004 41 3. 1 2005 16 1. 2 (Unreliable) 2006 11 0. 8 (Unreliable) 2007 11 0. 8 (Unreliable)
The Essay on Death Penalty Life Million Year
The use of the death penalty in the United States has been a great debate for many years. One of the major aspects of this debate is whether or not we should continue to use this form of punishment for criminals. In my opinion, the death penalty should be abolished because it costs taxpayers much more than sending an inmate to prison and there is no factual evidence that it has any greater ...
2008 11 0. 8 (Unreliable) 2009 10 0. 8 (Unreliable) Total 10 0. 8 Even Though the mortality from Stroke shows a decreasing trend for the last 10 years both nationwide and in the state of Maine, I have noticed one important difference: Maine state has more deaths from stroke per 100,000 population compared to the nationwide figure. 5 The stroke mortality increases as the age increases and also the mortality from stroke is higher in women than the men. 5 Table 3: Nationwide Stroke Mortality in age groups-CDC Age group
Deaths crude per 100000 55-64 years 18 1. 0 (Unreliable) 65-74 years 37 3. 1 75-84 years 129 16. 0 85+ years 197 64. 0 Total 392 2. 5 Table 4: Nationwide stroke mortality in gender-CDC Gender Deaths Crude per 100000 Female 232 2. 9 Male 160 2. 1 Total 392 2. 5 The lesson I have learned from this assignment: If we are able to exploit the CDC WONDER website it can be used as an important source of baseline data. What is special about this website is it allows us to change our search criteria in whatever way we want.
