Table 1: Numbers of hospitals and patients with stroke identified in a national chart audit involving all 10 Canadian provinces during the study period

Province	Total		Eligible hospitals only		Final sample
Province	No. of hospitals	No. of admissions for stroke	No. of hospitals	No. of admissions for stroke	Final sample
British Columbia	81	5 690	46	5 446	1 198
Alberta	88	3 668	22	3 194	880
Saskatchewan	61	1 787	13	1 385	271
Manitoba	57	1 633	7	1 030	231
Ontario	145	16 589	103	15 076	2 567
Quebec	101	10 633	66	8 773	1 621
New Brunswick	22	1 419	12	1 293	1 007
Nova Scotia	32	1 191	12	1 108	998
Prince Edward Island	7	231	4	239	212
Newfoundland and Labrador	30	810	10	666	603
Totals	624	43 651	295	38 210	9 588