Multinational Comparisons of Stroke Epidemiology

As part of the WHO MONICA Project (World Health Organization Monitoring Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease), mortality and incidence rates of acute stroke in 14 centers covering 21 populations from 11 countries were compared.In this report, coverage and quality of the MONICA stroke registers were evaluated on five key indicators using data submitted to the MONICA Data Center.A low ratio of MONICA stroke register to routine...