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Risk of death and disability after a stroke fell significantly between 2000 and 2015.
Data from 3,128 south London patients who had an ischemic stroke looked into.
Risk of death from stroke fell by 24% over the 15 year period.
With the one-year death rate dropping from 32.6% in 2000 to 20.15% in 2015.
Risk of disability after a stroke fell by 23%, from 34.7% in 2000 to 26.7% in 2015.
It had reduced for all genders, and for both black and white patients.
Reduced risks were attributed to improvements in care and medication.
Like higher admission rates to hospital and increased use of CT and MRI scans.
Also, frequent treatment with thrombolytic, anticoagulant medications in acute phase of stroke.
Analysis by King's College of London, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Published in PLOS Medicine.
