Stroke Incidence and Usage Rate of Thrombolysis in A Japanese Urban City: The Kurashiki Stroke Registry

In this urban Japanese city, the age-adjusted incidence of first-ever stroke between March 2009 and February 2010 was 60.7 per 100,000 residents, which was relatively low compared with findings for other countries. Thrombolysis was given to approximately 5% of patients with acute ischemic stroke.