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So What?
1) The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) compiled data for deaths attributed to
cerebrovascular diseases (e.g. stroke, cerebral hemorrhage) per 100,000 population over time. Data from selected countries
between 1960 and 2002 has been charted.
2) Some data for Korea and the UK was not available.
3) Japan has had a dramatic reduction of cerebrovascular disease deaths from over 300 per 100 000 in 1965 to less than 60
per 100 000 in 2002.
4) Finland has a similar, if less dramatic, reduction from over 200 per 100 000 in 1965 to less than 60 per 100 000 in 2002.
5) Something unusual occurred in Korea between 1992 and 1994 when cerebrovascular disease deaths increased after six
years of dropping, then a reversal occurred from 1995 through 2001, when rates continued their drop. Could the method of
classifying these deaths been changed to cause these reversals?
6) Over this time period, in Greece death rates due to cerebrovascular disease gradually increased 50% from about 100 per
100 000 in 1960 to nearly 150 per 100 000 in 1980, then gradually decreased back down to less than 110 per 100 000 in 2002.
7) Switzerland garners the lowest cerebrovascular disease death rates, decreasing from less than 130 per 100 000 in 1960 to
about 32 per 100 000 in 2002.
8) US deaths from cerebrovascular diseases improved from about 136 per 100 000 in 1960 to less than 40 in 2002.
1) The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) compiled data for deaths attributed to
cerebrovascular diseases (e.g. stroke, cerebral hemorrhage) per 100,000 population over time. Data from selected countries
between 1960 and 2002 has been charted.
2) Some data for Korea and the UK was not available.
3) Japan has had a dramatic reduction of cerebrovascular disease deaths from over 300 per 100 000 in 1965 to less than 60
per 100 000 in 2002.
4) Finland has a similar, if less dramatic, reduction from over 200 per 100 000 in 1965 to less than 60 per 100 000 in 2002.
5) Something unusual occurred in Korea between 1992 and 1994 when cerebrovascular disease deaths increased after six
years of dropping, then a reversal occurred from 1995 through 2001, when rates continued their drop. Could the method of
classifying these deaths been changed to cause these reversals?
6) Over this time period, in Greece death rates due to cerebrovascular disease gradually increased 50% from about 100 per
100 000 in 1960 to nearly 150 per 100 000 in 1980, then gradually decreased back down to less than 110 per 100 000 in 2002.
7) Switzerland garners the lowest cerebrovascular disease death rates, decreasing from less than 130 per 100 000 in 1960 to
about 32 per 100 000 in 2002.
8) US deaths from cerebrovascular diseases improved from about 136 per 100 000 in 1960 to less than 40 in 2002.
Cerebrovascular Disease Deaths Over Time - Selected Countries
Supporting Evidence
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