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Prevalence of Stroke in Pyongchang County.
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Jong Ku Park, Kyung Sook Cho, Chun Bae Kim, Jin Back Kim, Ha Ja Song, Kee Ho Park, Seong Gyu Ko
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Korean J Epidemiol. 2001;23(1):69-79.
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PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of stroke in Pyongchang county, Kangwon do.METHODS The presumptive stroke patients of Pyongchang county were identified with a key-person method in October 2000. And then, medical records of these patients were reviewed by well-trained two students who major in the science of medical record.RESULTS In the year 2000, there were 92 males and 68 females of self-diagnosed stroke. Of these, stroke patients based on physician's diagnosis were 102, and stroke patients based on CT/MRI findings or Minnesota criteria were 93.
Prevalence rate of self-reported stroke, stroke based on physician's diagnosis, and stroke based on CT/MRI findings or Minnesota criteria were 0.33%, 0.29%, and 0.26% respectively.CONCLUSION We conclude that verifying process of diagnosis is needed to estimate the prevalence of stroke in community.
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