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Brussels: Cerebrovascular Disease

In Brussels, there were 2,338 deaths from cerebrovascular disease (diseases associated with the blood vessels supplying the brain) over the study period (2001 - 2004).  This figure consists of 866 male deaths and 1,472 female deaths and is based on death certificate records linked to Census data.  The spatial distribution of mortality due to cerebrovascular disease in Brussels is demonstrated in the maps below, shown separately for men and women.  For further information about how these maps were created, please visit the methodological section of the Atlas.

Men

Smoothed Standardised Mortality Ratio (sSMR)

Probability that sSMR is Higher than 100

Women

Smoothed Standardised Mortality Ratio (sSMR)

Probability that sSMR is Higher than 100