Silver Book

Silver Book Fact

The risk of stroke attributable to atrial fibrillation by age

The risk of stroke attributable to atrial fibrillation increases from 1.5% for those ages 50 to 59 to 23.5% for those ages 80 to 89.

Wolf, Philip A, Janet B Mitchell, Colin S Baker, William B Kannel, and Ralph B D'Agostino. Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on Mortality, Stroke, and Medical Costs. Arch Intern Med. 1998; 158(3): 229-34. http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/158/3/229

Reference

Title
Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on Mortality, Stroke, and Medical Costs
Publication
Arch Intern Med
Publication Date
1998
Authors
Wolf, Philip A, Janet B Mitchell, Colin S Baker, William B Kannel, and Ralph B D'Agostino
Volume & Issue
Volume 158, Issue 3
Pages
229-34
URL
Read Full Resource

Categories

  • Cost of Disease
  • Human Burden

Related Facts

  • Heart failure in people with AFib
    AFib can also lead to heart failure. Within the first year of diagnosis, AFib patients have a 36.7% chance of experiencing heart failure– compared to 10.4% in those without AFib.  
  • Total medical costs for Afib patients over 15-month period
    A study of Medicare beneficiaries with atrial fibrillation found that total medical costs for treating these patients during a 15-month follow-up period were an average of $24,000 per patient—63% of…  
  • Hospital readmission rates among AFib patients
    In the year following initial hospitalization for atrial fibrillation (AF), 12.5% of chronic AF patients were readmitted for AF—17.6% of readmissions occurred within 1 month. Among newly-diagnosed patients, 10.1% were…  
  • Atrial Fibrillation prevalence increase from 1992 to 2002
    Among Medicare patients ages 65 and older, atrial fibrillation prevalence increased from 3.2% in 1992 to 6.0% in 2002–with higher prevalence in older patients.  
  • Lifetime risk of developing atrial fibrillation for men and women
    The lifetime risk of developing atrial fibrillation is around 1 in 4 for both men and women age 40 and older.