Table 3. Age- and Gender-specific crude Incidence Rates (per 100,000 Population per month) for First-Ever Stroke in Hajj (2007) compared with the data from MSIS within the same period Age (years) Hajj subjects MSIS subjects P value Population No. Incidence rate Population at risk No. Incidence rate (95% C)I at risk (95% CI) Both genders 15-24 514 0 – 112588 0 – – 25-34 4110 0 – 83131 2 2 (0-5) – 35-44 19397 2 10 (4-16) 57743 1 2 (0-5) 0.021‡ 45-54 29973 3 10 (4-16) 40596 5 12 (5-20) 0.67† 55-64 21584 3 14 (7-21) 20096 5 25 (15-36) 0.07† 65-74 12568 5 40 (28-52) 13103 11 84 (66-102) 0.001† 75-84 4033 3 74 (57-91) 5944 13 219 (190-248) 0.001† >85 739 1 135 (112-158) 1147 3 262 (230-294) 0.001† Total Males 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 >85 Total males Females 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 92974 17 18 (10-26) 334348 40 12 (5-19) 0.273 † 234 1303 8102 14646 10704 7140 2710 547 45419 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 5 – – – 14 (7-21) 19 (10-28) – 37 (25-49) – 11 (4-18) 55458 42266 29202 20681 10146 6820 3109 556 168238 0 1 0 3 2 5 10 2 23 – 2 (0-5) – 15 (7-23) 20 (11-29) 73 (56-90) 322 (287-357) 360 (323-397) 14 (7-21) – – – 0.85 † 0.87 † – 0.001 † – 0.540† 280 2807 11295 15327 10880 0 0 2 1 1 – – 18 (10-26) 7 (2-12) 9 (3-15) 57130 40865 28541 19915 9950 0 1 1 2 3 – 2 (0-5) 4 (0-8) 10 (4-16) 30 (19-41) – – 0.003 † 0.46 † 0.001 † 65-74 5428 5 92 (73-111) 75-84 1323 2 151 (127-175) >85 192 1 521 (476-566) Total 47555 12 25 (15-35) females MSIS: Mashhad Stroke Incidence Study 11 † Chi-square test; ‡ Fisher exact test; N/A: not applicable 6283 2835 591 166110 6 3 1 17 95 (76-114) 106 (86-126) 169 (144-194) 10 (4-16) 0.82 † 0.005 † 0.001 † 0.01 †