Stroke mortality and case-fatality rates in three geographic areas of Finland from 1983 to 1986.

Our aim was to describe the mortality and early case-fatality rates of stroke in three geographic areas of Finland during 1983 to 1986 by means of a community-based stroke register and to estimate the accuracy of registration of stroke deaths in the official statistics compared with the FINMONICA stroke register.Annual and average mortality and case-fatality rates of stroke were derived from data collected in the FINMONICA stroke register during...