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Table 2 Details of source and type of all 153 strokes (self-reported and found in HES) identified between 2002 and 2009

From: Validating self-reported strokes in a longitudinal UK cohort study (Whitehall II): Extracting information from hospital medical records versus the Hospital Episode Statistics database

Source of stroke information

Number

Percent

Self-report + other sources (see above)

106

67.6%

HES record but no self-report

47

32.4%

 

145

100.0%

Type of stroke

  

Non-specified

32

20.9%

Ischaemic

6

55.5%

Cerebral infarction

79

Haemorrhagic

3

23.5%

Primary intracranial haemorrhage

22

Subarachnoid haemorrhage

11

 

153

100%