The standardised hospital discharge rate for stroke decreased by 5.7% for men over the last ten years, from 267.2 per 100,000 in 2002/03 to 251.8 in 2011/12. For women, it decreased by 4.2% from 194.2 per 100,000 in 2002/03 to 185.9 per 100,000 in 2011/12.The standardised hospital discharge rate for cerebrovascular disease (CVD) in men decreased by 6.0% between 2002/03 and 2011/12 (from 395.2 to 371.6). For women, the decrease was 1.7% (from 297.8 to 292.6) over the same period.In the past decade, the incidence rate (the number of new cases) of CVD, decreased by 21.7% (from 199.3 cases per 100,000 population in 2002/03 to 156.0 cases per 100,000 population in 2011/12).Age-standardised mortality rates for CVD have fallen steadily over the last 10 years, from 81.9 per 100,000 population in 2002 to 47.7 in 2011, an overall reduction of 41.8% and a fall of 5.7% from the previous year.The overall costs of prescriptions dispensed for cardiovascular related drugs fell to £157.8 million in 2011/12, a reduction of 5.8% on the previous year. This is the lowest cost for cardiovascular drugs observed for any year over the last decade to 2011/12. Costs may reduce as medicines become available in generic form once drug patents expire.
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