Prevalence of stroke and associated disability in Brazil: National Health Survey - 2013

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Isabela M. Bensenor¹  Alessandra C. Goulart¹  Célia Landmann Szwarcwald¹  Maria Lucia França Pontes Vieira¹  Deborah Carvalho Malta¹  Paulo A. Lotufo¹ 

关键词: stroke;    prevalence;    socio-demographic factors;    disability;    Brazil;    acidente vascular cerebral;    prevalência;    fatores sociodemográficos;    incapacidade;    Brasil;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0004-282X20150115

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

There is scarce data about prevalence of stroke in Brazil. The National Health Survey (PNS) is a community-based epidemiological survey, with a nationally representative sample to assess the absolute numbers with respective prevalence rates of stroke and post-stroke disabilities. It was estimated 2,231.000 stroke and 568,000 stroke cases with severe disabilities. The point prevalences was 1.6% and 1.4% in men and women, respectively. The prevalences of post-stroke disabilities were 29.5% for men and 21.5% for women. Stroke prevalence rates increased with aging, low education level, among people living in urban areas with no difference according to self-reported skin color. The degree of post-stroke disability was not statistically different according to sex, race, education level or living area. This new data from PNS show high stroke prevalence rates especially in older individuals without formal education and urban dweller, but the degree of stroke disability was not determined by the sociodemographic characteristics of the Brazilian population.

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