T Inagawa1. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Izumo, Japan. inagawa@spch.izumo.shimane.jp
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: With aging of the population, the profile of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is likely to change; however, evaluation of long-term trends for incidence and case fatality rates of SAH is still limited. METHODS: We compared the incidence and case fatality rates of aneurysmal SAH during the 9-year period 1990-1998 with those during the 10-year period 1980-1989 in Izumo City, Japan. RESULTS: During 1980-1989 and 1990-1998, we diagnosed 170 and 188 patients as having aneurysmal SAH, respectively. The percentage of very elderly patients aged >/=80 years increased from 5% (8 patients) during 1980-1989 to 18% (33 patients) during 1990-1998 (P<0.001). The age-specific incidence rate of SAH has a tendency to increase with increasing age. The crude and the age- and sex-adjusted incidence rates using the 1995 population statistics for Japan were 21 and 23 per 100 000/y for all ages during 1980-1989 and 25 and 23 per 100 000/y during 1990-1998, respectively. The 3-month case fatality rate of patients aged </=79 years decreased from 38% during 1980-1989 to 26% during 1990-1998 (P=0.021), whereas the case fatality rates in patients aged >/=80 years were very high (63% and 79%, respectively) regardless of study periods. Consequently, the overall case fatality rates for patients with SAH were similar for the 2 study periods (39% and 36%). CONCLUSIONS: The age- and sex-adjusted incidence rates of aneurysmal SAH were stable over the 19-year period since 1980 and, despite improvement of outcome in patients aged </=79 years, the overall case fatality rate was not lower because the improvements were counterbalanced by increasing numbers of very elderly patients
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: With aging of the population, the profile of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is likely to change; however, evaluation of long-term trends for incidence and case fatality rates of SAH is still limited. METHODS: We compared the incidence and case fatality rates of aneurysmalSAH during the 9-year period 1990-1998 with those during the 10-year period 1980-1989 in Izumo City, Japan. RESULTS: During 1980-1989 and 1990-1998, we diagnosed 170 and 188 patients as having aneurysmalSAH, respectively. The percentage of very elderly patients aged >/=80 years increased from 5% (8 patients) during 1980-1989 to 18% (33 patients) during 1990-1998 (P<0.001). The age-specific incidence rate of SAH has a tendency to increase with increasing age. The crude and the age- and sex-adjusted incidence rates using the 1995 population statistics for Japan were 21 and 23 per 100 000/y for all ages during 1980-1989 and 25 and 23 per 100 000/y during 1990-1998, respectively. The 3-month case fatality rate of patients aged </=79 years decreased from 38% during 1980-1989 to 26% during 1990-1998 (P=0.021), whereas the case fatality rates in patients aged >/=80 years were very high (63% and 79%, respectively) regardless of study periods. Consequently, the overall case fatality rates for patients with SAH were similar for the 2 study periods (39% and 36%). CONCLUSIONS: The age- and sex-adjusted incidence rates of aneurysmalSAH were stable over the 19-year period since 1980 and, despite improvement of outcome in patients aged </=79 years, the overall case fatality rate was not lower because the improvements were counterbalanced by increasing numbers of very elderly patients
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