J Epidemiol Community Health
October 1997
Study Objective: To develop a community based stroke register to assess the magnitude of the problem of stroke in an entire health district in a high risk area for stroke.
Design: Community based stroke register from general practice data.
Setting: East Lancashire Health Authority with a 1995 population of 534,287.
Objective: To examine the risk of stroke in relation to quality of hypertension control in routine general practice across an entire health district.
Design: Population based matched case-control study.
Setting: East Lancashire Health District with a participating population of 388,821 aged < or = 80.