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(Stroke. 1972;3:360.)
© 1972 American Heart Association, Inc.

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I. Epidemiology For Stroke Facilities Planning

Reuel A. Stallones Chairman M.D., M.P.H.¹; Mark L. Dyken M.D.²; Harry C. H. Fang M.D.³; Albert Heyman M.D.⁴; Raymond Seltser M.D., M.P.H.⁵; Jeremiah Stamler M.D.⁶

¹ Dean, School of Public Health, University of Texas Houston, Texas
² Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
³ Professor of Neurology and Pathology, University of Southern California school of Medicine, Los Angeles County/U.S.C. Medical Center, Los Angles, California
⁴ Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
⁵ Associate Dean and Professor of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health Baltimore, Marryland
⁶ Executive Director, Chicago Health Research Foundation Chicago, Illinois

Joint Committee for Stroke Facilities, Suite 1010, 1776 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20006.

The Major factors known to be associated with stroke include increasing age, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. However, many additional data are required to substantiate the role of other risk factors.

The incidence, prevalence and mortality figures in this paper are presented in a form to be useful for palnning health facilities and manpower resources required in the proper management of stroke problems.

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