Published online before print March 24, 2005, doi: 10.1161/01.STR.0000160756.72109.95
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(Stroke. 2005;36:934.)
© 2005 American Heart Association, Inc.
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Racial Variations in Location and Risk of Intracerebral Hemorrhage
From the Departments of Neurology (M.L.F., D.W., M.H., L.S., C.M., A.S., B.K., D.K., J.B) and Environment Health (P.S., J.K.), University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Ohio.
Correspondence to Matthew L. Flaherty, MD, 231 Albert Sabin Way, MSB Room 5161B, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0525. E-mail matthew.flaherty{at}uc.edu
Background and Purpose— Risk factors for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) vary by location. Incidence rates of ICH are known to be higher in American blacks than whites, but how rates may differ by hemorrhage location is unknown. We sought to define incidence rates for different ICH locations in a biracial population.
Methods— All hospitalized patients age 
20 years with spontaneous ICH were identified in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky metropolitan area from May 1998 to July 2001 and August 2002 to April 2003. Incidence rates per 100 000 persons were age, sex, and race adjusted as appropriate to the 2000 US population. Risk ratios (RRs) with 95% CIs were calculated from unadjusted incidence rates.
Results— There were 1038 qualifying ICHs. Annual incidence rates per 100 000 persons 20 years of age were 48.9 for blacks and 26.6 for whites. Annual incidence rates per 100 000 blacks in lobar, deep cerebral, brain stem, and cerebellar locations were 15.2, 25.7, 5.1, and 2.9, respectively. Annual incidence rates per 100 000 whites in the same locations were 9.4, 13.0, 1.3, and 2.9. The greatest excess risk of ICH in blacks compared with whites was found among young to middle-aged (35 to 54 years) persons with brain stem (RR, 9.8; 95% CI, 4.2 to 23.0) and deep cerebral (RR, 4.5; 3.0 to 6.8) hemorrhage.
Conclusions— The excess risk of ICH in American blacks is largely attributable to higher hemorrhage rates in young and middle-aged persons, particularly for deep cerebral and brain stem locations. Hypertension is the predominant risk factor for hemorrhages in these locations.
Key Words: epidemiology • incidence • intracerebral hemorrhage • racial differences
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