Mortality due to ischemic stroke is higher among men than among women. From the 1980s to the present, there has been a slow and gradual decrease in mortality from these pathologies in both sexes. Mortality rate due to ischemic stroke is higher in Southern Italy than in all other areas of the country.

 

The graphs (men, women) and tables (men, women) below show the trend of mortality rate due to ischemic stroke 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 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, the mortality rates are presented using a scale from 0 to 100 per 100,000 for men and a scale from 0 to 70 per 100,000 for women.

 

Men

 

Mortality per 100,000 from ischemic stroke (occlusion of cerebral arteries and vascular diseases code ICD-9 434 and acute cerebral valve diseases, ill-defined, code ICD-9 436) by geographical area, men aged 35-74 (data standardized using the European population)

 

 

 

	Nord Est	Nord Ovest	Centro	Sud e Isole	Italia
1980	59.82	74.13	63.22	86.01	72.80
1981	58.05	70.49	61.20	86.56	71.18
1982	56.09	63.67	59.16	81.86	66.98
1983	56.45	64.40	57.84	83.56	67.55
1984	53.90	60.73	55.92	80.15	64.55
1985	52.77	58.91	51.86	79.88	62.91
1986	44.82	55.48	50.06	77.30	59.18
1987	42.65	51.66	48.92	72.84	56.05
1988	40.74	48.33	45.07	67.16	52.19
1989	37.70	42.66	41.02	59.55	46.78
1990	32.05	38.51	36.81	54.62	42.05
1991	29.32	38.90	32.66	54.41	40.67
1992	27.47	33.85	29.40	49.98	36.81
1993	24.35	28.62	26.85	45.14	32.73
1994	23.03	26.51	27.28	41.05	30.68
1995	23.25	24.12	23.39	36.75	27.86
1996	19.75	20.76	24.03	34.86	25.77
1997	20.12	19.83	21.56	35.61	25.32
1998	18.65	20.88	22.21	33.20	24.72
1999	16.51	18.72	19.68	29.71	22.03
2000	15.41	16.32	17.88	27.78	20.16
2001	13.92	16.30	16.02	25.04	18.60
2002	12.69	13.61	13.74	22.31	16.26

 

 

Women

 

Mortality per 100,000 from ischemic stroke (occlusion of cerebral arteries and vascular diseases code ICD-9 434 and acute cerebral valve diseases, ill-defined, code ICD-9 436) by geographical area, women aged 35-74 (data standardized using the European population) 

 

 

 

 

	Nord Est	Nord Ovest	Centro	Sud e Isole	Italia
1980	31.04	40.69	37.30	64.88	45.33
1981	30.71	37.03	34.78	66.31	44.11
1982	29.86	35.98	34.33	62.75	42.49
1983	27.68	34.99	32.40	62.19	41.22
1984	28.03	34.28	32.12	58.51	39.94
1985	26.49	33.27	30.48	57.04	38.57
1986	23.82	29.43	30.38	55.54	36.52
1987	23.98	28.52	26.74	54.94	35.37
1988	21.92	27.27	26.34	48.09	32.45
1989	19.81	24.08	23.33	42.50	28.81
1990	17.34	22.37	19.25	38.87	25.90
1991	17.84	21.04	19.38	37.56	25.23
1992	15.53	17.50	16.42	33.89	22.01
1993	14.14	16.10	16.14	31.30	20.46
1994	13.26	15.31	15.18	28.58	19.03
1995	10.74	12.28	14.08	26.11	16.70
1996	9.86	11.91	11.95	23.73	15.26
1997	9.09	11.14	10.33	21.81	13.96
1998	9.19	10.66	10.76	22.55	14.17
1999	8.10	9.28	9.52	19.09	12.23
2000	7.76	8.64	9.27	17.70	11.51
2001	6.96	7.97	8.05	16.06	10.40
2002	6.51	7.05	7.08	14.45	9.33