RESUMO

The authors performed a prospective, community-based pilot stroke surveillance project in Nueces County, TX. Mexican-Americans showed a trend toward higher completed ischemic stroke hospitalization rates compared with non-Hispanic whites. Mexican-Americans were more commonly uninsured (p = 0.007) and were less likely to receive neuroimaging (p = 0.001). Additional studies are needed to confirm this finding and to determine the role of stroke risk factors and access to care variables.

Assuntos

Hospitalização/estatística & dados numéricos , Americanos Mexicanos/estatística & dados numéricos , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/etnologia , População Branca , Idoso , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Incidência , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Projetos Piloto , Vigilância da População , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/diagnóstico , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/terapia , Texas/epidemiologia