Epidemiology of stroke in Finland in the finnish adult population: the FINMONICA stroke register
The present study aimed at assessing incidence, mortality, and case-fatality of stroke in the adult and elderly population of Finland during 1983-1989, by means of a population-based stroke register set up in the eastern (Kuopio and North Karelia) and southwest- ern (Turku/Loimaa) part of the country.