Prediction of incidence and prevalence of stroke in northeastern Azerbaijan (original) (raw)

2018, Milli nevrologiya jurnalı

Brief Summary about Region. Guba-Khachmaz economic region is situated in northeast of Azerbaijan. This region consists of Siyazan, Shabran, Guba, Gusar, and Khachmaz administrative regions. Overall area of the region is 7.66 thousand sq. km, accounting for 8.8% of country's area. This economic region is characterized with its unique landscape features. There are four sharply differing altitude zones within the region ranging from 26 meters to 4466 meters, which are plains, foothill, mid-mountaineous, and high mountaineous zones. Climate also changes depending on the altitude, as warm climatic conditions prevail in plains, whereas high mountaineous areas are characterized with cold-humid and cold climate [9]. Landscape peculiarities and climatic conditions resemble smaller model of the country. Based on the results of National Census of Azerbaijan Republic for 2009, total number of population in the region is 488,741 thousand, accounting for 5.48% of country's population. 33.99% of population (166,105 thousand persons) reside in urban areas, whereas remaining 66.01% (322,636 thousand persons) are settled in rural areas. The highest number of urban population is located in Siyazan (65.6%), with the highest number of rural population being concentrated in Guba (75.11%). 49.84% of population (243,575 thousand persons) consist of men and 50.16% (245,166 thousand persons) of women. Average density of population in Guba-Khachmaz economic region is 63.8 persons per square kilometer, which is lower than country average. Average population density in