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Age- and sex-standardized rate of hospital admission for acute stroke or transient ischemic attack among First Nations people and other people in Ontario per 100 000 people with diabetes, Apr. 1, 1996, to Mar. 31, 2016. Dotted lines represent 95% confidence intervals.
Tables
- Table 1:
Characteristics of First Nations people and other people in Ontario with diabetes admitted to hospital with stroke or transient ischemic attack in Ontario, Apr. 1, 2011, to Mar. 31, 2016
Characteristic No. (%) of people* First Nations people with diabetes
n = 536Other people in Ontario with diabetes
n = 28 338Age, yr, median (IQR) 63 (55–71) 74 (65–81) Age group, yr 20–49 66 (12.3) 1065 (3.8) 50–64 231 (43.1) 5841 (20.6) 65–79 190 (35.4) 12 564 (44.3) ≥ 80 49 (9.1) 8868 (31.3) Female sex 287 (53.5) 13 274 (46.8) Rurality† Urban 151 (28.2) 19 265 (68.4) Semiurban 90 (16.8) 6203 (22.0) Rural 121 (22.6) 2680 (9.5) Missing 174 (32.5) 190 (0.7) Comorbidity Low (≤ 4 ADGs) 67 (12.5) 3158 (11.1) Medium (5–9 ADGs) 173 (32.3) 9979 (35.2) High (≥ 10 ADGs) 296 (55.2) 15 201 (53.6) Stroke type Hemorrhagic 55 (10.3) 3203 (11.3) Ischemic 372 (69.4) 20 854 (73.6) Transient ischemic attack 109 (20.3) 4281 (15.1) - Table 2:
Rates per 100 000 of hospital admission for stroke or transient ischemic attack among First Nations people and other people in Ontario with diabetes, Apr. 1, 2015, to Mar. 31, 2016, by sex, age group and event type
Variable Rate per 100 000 (95% CI) First Nations people Other people in Ontario Overall 641.2 (539.8–756.2) 540.2 (527.7–552.9) Sex Men 667.0 (518.0–845.6) 555.4 (537.8–573.4) Women 619.0 (485.2–778.3) 523.8 (506.1–542.0) Age, yr 20–29 –* 42.0 (18.2–82.8) 30–49 271.0 (154.9–440.1) 99.0 (85.3–114.2) 50–64 776.4 (605.2–980.9) 281.8 (266.5–297.8) 65–79 837.7 (611.0–1120.9) 621.3 (598.8–644.4) ≥ 80 990.1 (474.8–1820.8) 1466.3 (1411.7–1522.4) Event type Stroke 602.9 (490.2–733.6) 448.3 (437.1–459.7) Transient ischemic attack 151.5 (97.2–225.2) 75.4 (70.9–80.2) Note: CI = confidence interval.
↵* Suppressed owing to small cell count.
- Table 3:
Rates of processes of care and outcomes after acute stroke among First Nations people and other people in Ontario with diabetes, Apr. 1, 2011, to Mar. 31, 2017*
Care/outcome† Point estimate, % (95% CI) First Nations people Other people in Ontario Neuroimaging‡ 94.6 (85.9–100.0) 96.0 (94.2–97.9) Thrombolysis§ 6.3 (3.9–9.7) 11.0 (10.3–11.7) Carotid revascularization§ 1.4 (0.5–3.0) 2.7 (2.4–3.0) Discharge to inpatient rehabilitation¶ 31.8 (26.0–38.5) 34.8 (33.6–36.1) 7-d case fatality¶ 12.0 (8.9–15.9) 8.5 (8.0–9.0) 30-d case fatality¶ 19.2 (15.2–24.0) 16.0 (15.3–16.6) 1-yr case fatality¶ Overall 33.8 (28.2–40.2) 28.1 (27.1–29.1) Sex Men 34.3 (26.8–43.2) 32.9 (31.9–33.9) Women 31.9 (24.9–40.1) 37.9 (36.8–39.1) Age, yr 30–49 28.6 (15.6–47.9) 15.0 (12.7–17.7) 50–64 27.4 (20.4–35.9) 21.3 (20.1–22.6) 65–79 37.2 (28.0–48.4) 33.4 (32.3–34.5) ≥ 80 51.1 (32.4–76.7) 49.9 (48.3–51.5) Note: CI = confidence interval.
↵* All events (with the exception of age- and sex-specific case fatality) were age- and sex-standardized to the 2001 Ontario population aged 20 years or more with diabetes.
↵† The denominator for brain imaging and thrombolysis included people admitted to hospital with events between Apr. 1, 2012, and Mar. 31, 2017. The denominator for carotid revascularization, discharge to inpatient rehabilitation and case fatality included those admitted to hospital between Apr. 1, 2011, and Mar. 31, 2016.
↵‡ Computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging of the brain; calculated in those with any stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA).
↵§ Calculated in those with ischemic stroke (TIA and hemorrhagic stroke excluded).
↵¶ Calculated in those with any stroke (TIA excluded).
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