Stroke: international comparisons
Over the 20 years 1990 to 2010, Scotland has had higher mortality rates for cerebrovascular disease (CVD), including stroke, than those in the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) as a whole. However in recent years, the absolute gap in rates between Scotland and the EU/UK has narrowed and for the two most recent years (2009, 2010) the Scottish mortality rate was slightly below the EU rate. For more details on the Scottish mortality rate, see ISD's report Stroke Statistics Update. The data is taken from the Scotland and European Health for All (HfA) Database which includes CVD mortality trends for Scotland and over 50 countries including the UK, for different age groups, by gender.
For more detailed comparisons within Europe, the 2012 report "Still 'the sick man of Europe'?" (702kB) shows trends for mortality from CVD in Scotland, both in the context of the UK and compared with 15 other European countries, for people aged 15-74 years, by gender.
Further comparative statistics can be found in the WHO atlas of heart disease and stroke.
Please note: If you require the most up-to-date data available, please check the data sources directly as new data may have been published since these data pages were last updated. Although we endeavour to ensure that the data pages are kept up-to-date, there may be a time lag between new data being published and the relevant ScotPHO web pages being updated.
