Cerebrovascular Disease and the Elderly

: A three-year follow-up study in Kassel (Federal Republic of Germany) has shown that (1) the incidence of stroke rises with increasing age, (2) the incidence is higher for men than for women, and (3) the survival rate is 37% three years after the attack. The survivors differ significantly from those who died in their Barthel index scores on discharge from hospital and in age (chi-square test). Only a small subgroup (15% of the survivors) received treatment in a residential rehabilitation centre in the year after discharge from hospital.