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Singapore Stroke Registry Annual Report 2021. This report presents the trends on incidence, mortality, 30-day case fatality and risk factors of Singapore residents with stroke and treated in the public healthcare institutions in 2011 to 2021.
In 2021, 83.2% of the patients had hyperlipidemia and 80.6% had hypertension. Diabetes, smoking and atrial fibrillation/flutter were also prevalent among stroke patients, with 43.1%, 34.0% and 19.5% of them having these risk factors respectively in 2021.
accounting for 6.0% of all deaths in Singapore. 1. Stroke is a type of cerebrovascular disease. There are two main types of stroke – ischaemic stroke (IS) and haemorrhagic stroke (HS). IS is more prevalent and it occurs due to blockage of blood vessel, which limits blood flow to the brain. HS is more severe and it occurs due to ruptured blood ...
Jun 23, 2023 · According to the Ministry of Health, stroke in Singapore is the fourth leading cause of death, with a prevalence of 4% among adults aged 50 years and above. It is the biggest cause of long term disability. Singapore Stroke Registry Report 2020 also stated that stroke accounted for 8% of deaths in Singapore.
Nov 19, 2019 · Stroke is Singapore’s fourth leading cause of death, comprising 6.8% of all deaths 1 and the seventh leading cause of adult disability, accounting for 4.2% of years of life lost due to disability. 2 The incidence is 1.8/1000 person-years 3 but is declining 4 and prevalence is 3.65% among adults aged above 50 years. 5 The mean age of stroke is ...
Aug 3, 2023 · Principal Causes of Death. From cancer to heart disease and diabetes, find out which of these are the top causes of death in Singapore. Death Statistics by Cause in Singapore. Notes: • The mortality tabulation list of the International Classification of Diseases 10th revision has.
The table/figure shows the age-standardised incidence rate (per 100,000 population) of stroke in Singapore with a breakdown by gender. The rates are expressed as per 100,000 residential population and standardised to the Segi World Population.