• Yannick Bejot, Maurice Giroud, Olivier Rouaud, Isabelle Benatru, Thibault Moreau, Marc Freycz, Guy Victor Osseby, and Neurologues Hospitaliers et Libéraux de Dijon.
• Registre dijonnais des AVC, Neurologie de Dijon - Laboratoire associé à 1'Inserm et à l'Invs.
• B Acad Nat Med Paris. 2007 Feb 1; 191 (2): 305-22; discussion 322-4.

AbstractWith progress in stroke prevention it is important to evaluate epidemiological trends over a long period and in an unselected population. We estimated changes in stroke incidence, the case-fatality rate, risk factors, and the use of primary prevention, based on a continuous registry of a well-defined population, from 1985 to 2004. We recorded 3142 ischemic strokes, 341 primary cerebral hemorrhages and 74 subarachnoid hemorrhages. During the 20-year study period, age at first stroke increased by 5 years in men and 8 years in women. Comparing the periods 1985-1989 and 2000-2004, the age - and sex-adjusted incidence rates of first-ever strokes were stable, except for lacunar strokes, the incidence of which increased significantly (p = 0.05), and also cardio-embolic stroke, the incidence of which fell significantly (p = 0.01). Twenty-eight-day case-fatality rates fell significantly, especially for lacunar stroke (p = 0.05) and primary cerebral hemorrhage (p = 0.03). The frequency of hypercholesterolemia and diabetes increased significantly (p < 0.01). In contrast, the frequency of myocardial infarction fell significantly (p = 0.02). The frequency of smoking and diastolic blood pressure J 90 mmHg also fell, but the difference was not significant because of missing data. The frequency of pre-stroke antiplatelet and anticoagulant treatment increased significantly (p < 0.01). The age - and sex-adjusted incidence rates of stroke in Dijon, France, have thus been stable for the past 20 years. Age at stroke onset has increased, the case-fatality rate has fallen, antiplatelet treatment is more frequent, and the frequency of some pre-stroke risk factors has fallen.

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