Anna H Balabanski, Angela Dos Santos, John A Woods, Chloe A Mutimer, Amanda G Thrift, Timothy J Kleinig, Astrid M Suchy-Dicey, Susanna Ragnhild A Siri, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Rita V Krishnamurthi, Valery L Feigin, Dedra Buchwald, Annemarei Ranta, Christina S Mienna, Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo, Leonid Churilov, Luke Burchill, Deborah Zion, W T Longstreth, David L Tirschwell, Sonia S Anand, Mark W Parsons, Alex Brown, Donald K Warne, Matire Harwood, P Alan Barber, Judith M Katzenellenbogen
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Cardiovascular disease contributes significantly to disease burden among many Indigenous populations. However, data on stroke incidence in Indigenous populations are sparse. We aimed to investigate what is known of stroke incidence in Indigenous populations of countries with a very high Human Development Index (HDI), locating the research in the broader context of Indigenous health. METHODS: We identified population-based stroke incidence studies published between 1990 and 2022 among Indigenous adult populations of developed countries using PubMed, Embase, and Global Health databases, without language restriction...
March 12, 2024: Neurology