Mortality due to cerebrovascular events is higher among men than among women. From the 1980s to the present, there has been a slow and gradual decline in mortality from these pathologies in both sexes. Among women, cerebrovascular events are more frequent in Southern Italy than in all other geographical areas. Among men, this difference is less apparent. Moreover, differences in rates between the several geographical areas have not significantly changed over time. This is not the case for mortality from ischemic heart diseases.

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The graphs (men, women) and tables (men, women) below illustrate the trend of mortality rate due to cerebrovascular disease from 1980 to 2002 in the different geographical areas of the country: North-East (Trentino Alto Adige, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Emilia Romagna), North-West (Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy), Centre (Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Latium), South and Islands (Abruzzi, Molise, Campania, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily, Sardinia). Mortality rates for persons aged 35-74 years were calculated and standardized using the direct method and the standard European population as reference to allow for a comparison between the different geographical areas and genders. The original data come from the database on mortality in Italy of the Statistical Department of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità. In the graphs, mortality rates are presented using a scale from 0 to 140 per 100,000 for men and a scale from 0 to 100 per 100,000 for women.

Men

 

Mortality per 100,000 due to cerebrovascular disease (codes ICD-9 430-38) by geographical area, men aged 35-74 (data standardized using the European population).

 

 

	North-East	North-West	Centre	South and Islands	Italy
1980	114.97	117.63	110.07	125.59	124.74
1981	107.29	108.13	106.27	120.57	118.07
1982	105.84	123.00	103.45	116.84	113.47
1983	101.74	103.15	101.75	117.79	113.42
1984	99.01	115.53	96.16	112.74	107.17
1985	91.70	106.91	89.17	110.88	101.37
1986	82.20	101.76	85.91	108.80	96.66
1987	75.15	94.47	80.53	102.32	90.05
1988	72.90	89.15	77.65	95.12	85.28
1989	71.19	83.17	73.04	88.67	80.34
1990	61.47	76.24	67.70	85.39	74.32
1991	58.98	73.49	62.59	82.57	71.11
1992	55.45	70.01	60.72	80.41	68.29
1993	52.12	64.83	56.32	75.38	63.80
1994	51.23	62.08	57.98	71.84	62.12
1995	51.08	56.41	51.53	64.35	56.69
1996	45.44	49.95	53.19	62.69	53.66
1997	44.58	48.86	49.93	62.63	52.45
1998	43.16	49.22	48.63	59.92	51.21
1999	39.17	46.84	46.39	55.62	47.93
2000	38.56	43.05	43.41	53.54	45.37
2001	33.48	41.26	40.00	50.10	42.12
2002	31.40	38.76	37.03	47.71	39.70

 

 

Women

 

Mortality per 100,000 due to cerebrovascular disease (codes ICD-9 430-38) by geographical area, women aged 35-74 (data standardized using the European population).

 

 

	North-East	North-West	Centre	South and Islands	Italy
1980	64.82	66.79	66.81	93.32	78.86
1981	62.15	73.54	61.92	93.42	74.65
1982	61.45	72.37	62.58	88.20	72.78
1983	56.75	70.36	58.40	87.42	70.19
1984	55.52	66.51	58.03	80.65	66.66
1985	51.84	63.80	55.08	79.22	64.06
1986	47.39	57.80	52.76	77.03	60.42
1987	44.18	53.95	46.78	74.59	56.60
1988	43.33	52.04	46.55	69.46	54.31
1989	40.93	48.05	43.52	62.41	49.92
1990	37.82	45.47	38.46	58.60	46.36
1991	37.02	42.30	36.91	55.12	43.91
1992	32.27	38.25	35.07	52.48	40.60
1993	31.93	36.59	34.67	51.05	39.55
1994	31.91	35.90	34.27	49.15	38.64
1995	27.40	32.98	32.83	44.62	35.26
1996	25.64	31.18	30.76	42.09	33.22
1997	25.58	30.37	27.68	39.40	31.45
1998	23.95	30.11	27.30	40.25	31.31
1999	21.63	26.21	24.62	36.11	27.88
2000	21.46	24.59	23.90	33.76	26.59
2001	19.14	23.93	22.32	31.58	24.87
2002	19.47	22.04	22.06	30.58	23.98