[Trend in stroke mortality in Chile from 1980 to 2015].
Rev Med Chil
Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Santiago, Santiago, Chile.
Published: April 2021
Background: Stroke is the third largest single cause of death in Chile, responsible for 7.3% of all deaths in 2019. Large declines in stroke mortality rates in most Latin American countries in recent decades have been reported.
Aim: To analyze the trend in stroke mortality in Chile between 1980 and 2015.
Material And Methods: We extracted data for age-standardized death rate (ASDR) stroke mortality per 100,000 inhabitants in Chile for the period 1980-2015from the WHO Mortality Database. Joinpoint regression analysis was used to analyze the trend and compute the average annual percent change (AAPC) by gender in Chile.
Results: The ASDR from stroke decreased from 92.8 per 100,000 in 1980 to 34.4 per 100,000 in 2015. The AAPC was -2.8% (-3.5, -2.1), with two jointpoints, 2008 and 2012. By gender, the AAPC was -2.4% and -2.9% in men and women, respectively.
Conclusions: Stroke mortality rate decreased significantly between 1980 and 2015 in Chile, mainly in women.
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