Forest plot of stroke incidence and attack rate ratios (2011–2012 compared with 1981–1982), with rates age-adjusted to the WHO world population.

<p>Forest plot of stroke incidence and attack rate ratios (2011–2012 compared with 1981–1982), with rates age-adjusted to the WHO world population.</p

Stroke incidence rates over 3 decades by 4 age groups.

<p>Stroke incidence rates over 3 decades by 4 age groups.</p

Stroke incidence rates over 3 decades by ethnicity.

<p>Stroke incidence rates over 3 decades by ethnicity.</p

Annual age-adjusted stroke incidence rates in population-based studies[14,26–32,48–51] carried out in high-income countries in 2000–2014.

<p>Annual age-adjusted stroke incidence rates in population-based studies[<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0134609#pone.0134609.ref014" target="_blank">14</a>,<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0134609#pone.0134609.ref026" target="_blank">26</a>–<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0134609#pone.0134609.ref032" target="_blank">32</a>,<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0134609#pone.0134609.ref048" target="_blank">48</a>–<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0134609#pone.0134609.ref051" target="_blank">51</a>] carried out in high-income countries in 2000–2014.</p

Crude, age-specific and age-standardised annual stroke mortality rates per 100,000 people in Auckland, New Zealand across four study periods (1981–1982, 1991–1992, 2002–2003 and 2011–2012) by sex and ethnicity.

<p>* 16–64 in 2011–2012,</p><p>^<b>§</b> Age-standardised to WHO world population</p><p>Crude, age-specific and age-standardised annual stroke mortality rates per 100,000 people in Auckland, New Zealand across four study periods (1981–1982, 1991–1992, 2002–2003 and 2011–2012) by sex and ethnicity.</p