Table 1

Incidence of non-fatal and fatal stroke during a 32-year follow-up of women aged 38–60 years at baseline 1968–1969

			First-ever stroke
			Non-fatal		Fatal		Total		Total mortality from stroke
Year of birth	Age at baseline	Type of stroke	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent
1930 n=372	38	IS	7	1.9	0	0.0	7	1.9	0	0.0
		HS	1	0.3	0	0.0	1	0.3	0	0.0
		NS	1	0.3	0	0.0	1	0.3	0	0.0
		Total	9	2.4	0	0.0	9	2.4	0	0.0
1922 n=431	46	IS	46	10.7	4	0.9	50	11.6	7	1.6
		HS	3	0.7	4	0.9	7	1.6	6	1.4
		NS	2	0.5	1	0.2	3	0.7	2	0.5
		Total	51	11.9	9	2.1	60	13.9	15	3.5
1918 n=398	50	IS	45	11.3	5	1.3	50	12.6	8	2.0
		HS	4	1.0	4	1.0	8	2.0	4	1.0
		NS	3	0.8	1	0.3	4	1.0	3	0.8
		Total	52	13.1	10	2.5	62	15.6	15	3.8
1914 n=180	54	IS	21	11.7	3	1.7	24	13.3	3	1.7
		HS	3	1.7	1	0.6	4	2.2	2	1.1
		NS	2	1.1	5	2.8	7	3.9	8	4.4
		Total	26	14.4	9	5.0	35	19.4	13	7.2
1908 n=79	60	IS	6	7.6	1	1.3	7	8.9	1	1.3
		HS	1	1.3	4	5.1	5	6.3	4	5.1
		NS	6	7.6	0	0.0	6	7.6	0	0.0
		Total	13	16.5	5	6.3	18	22.8	5	6.3
Total n=1460	38–60	IS	125	8.6	13	0.9	138	9.5	19	1.3
		HS	12	0.8	13	0.9	25	1.7	16	1.1
		NS	14	1.0	7	0.5	21	1.4	13	0.9
		Total	151	10.3	33	2.3	184	12.6	48	3.3

HS, haemorrhagic stroke; IS, ischaemic stroke; NS, non-specified stroke.