2. Health Statistics Unit, Policy and Planning Section, Ministry of Health, Singapore. Health Facts, 1996.

3. Registry of Births and Deaths, Singapore. Annual reports, 1970 to 1996.

4. Robins M, Baum HM. National survey of stroke incidence. Stroke 1981; 12(Suppl 1):145-57.

5. Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project. Incidence of stroke in Oxfordshire: the first year’s experience in a community stroke register. Br Med J 1983; 287:713-7.

6. Population Planning Section, Monitoring and Evaluation Department, Ministry of Health, Singapore.

7. Mas JL, Zuber M. Epidemiology of ischemic stroke. Cerebrovasc Dis 1991; 1(Suppl 1):36-44.

8. Lee HP, Seah CS, Yik TY, Low LP, Leong SF, Wan SH, et al. An epidemiological survey of blood pressures in Singapore. J Chronic Dis 1977; 30:793-802.

9. National University of Singapore. Thyroid and Heart Study, 1984.

10. Ministry of Health, Singapore. National Health Survey, 1992.

11. Lee HP. Smoking and blood pressure among adults in Singapore. Ann Acad Med Singapore 1980; 9:416-20.

12. Chen AJ, Chng WY. First national survey of morbidity in Singapore. Nursing J Singapore 1978; 18:29-33.

13. Lee HP. Patterns of smoking among Singaporeans. Ann Acad Med Singapore 1989; 18:286-8.

14. Emmanuel SC, Chen AJ, Phe A. Cigarette smoking in Singapore. Singapore Med J 1988; 29:119-24.

15. Cheah JS, Lui KF, Yeo PPB, Tan BY, Tan YT, Ng KY. Diabetes mellitus in Singapore: results of a country-wide population survey. Ann Acad Med Singapore 1978; 7: 135-45.

16. Thai AC, Yeo PPB, Lun KC, Hughes K, Wang KW, Sothy SP, et al. Changing prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Singapore over a ten year period. J Med Assoc Thailand 1987; 70(Suppl 2):63-7.

17. Report of the Review Committee on National Health Policies, Singapore. Part I: Healthy Family, Healthy Nation.

18. Venketasubramanian N, Sadasivan B, Tan AKY. Stroke patterns in a Singapore hospital-based stroke data bank. Cerebrovasc Dis 1994; 4:250.

19. Kurtzke JF. Epidemiology of cerebrovascular disease. In: Cerebrovascular survey report for the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke. Revised 1985. McDowell F and Caplan LR (Eds). Whiting Press, Rochester, MN 1985; 1-20.

20. Venketasubramanian N. Stroke in developing countries. In: Current review of cerebrovascular diseases. 3rd Ed. Bougousslavsky J, Fisher M (Eds) (in press).

21. Lim SH, Tan CH. Spectrum of neurological disorders in Singapore. Neurol J Southeast Asia 1996; 1:19-26.

22. Information Systems Department, Ministry of Health, Singapore.

23. Chen AJ. Recent trends in mortality and morbidity of cardiovascular diseases. Ann Acad Med Singapore 1980; 9:411-5.

24. Hughes K. Trends in mortality from hypertensive and cerebrovascular diseases in Singapore, 1959 to 1983. Int J Epidemiol 1987; 16:18-24.

25. Venketasubramanian N. Trends in cerebrovascular disease mortality in Singapore: 1970 to 1994. Int J Epidemiol 1998; 27:15-9.

26. Venketasubramanian N. Interethnic differences in cerebrovascular disease mortality in Singapore. Cerebrovasc Dis 1996; 6(Suppl 2):61.

27. Tan ES. Stroke rehabilitation - Singapore experience. Ann Acad Med Singapore 1983; 12:373-6.

28. Ee CH, Kwan PE, Tan ES. Stroke rehabilitation of elderly patients in Singapore. Singapore Med J 1991; 32:55-60.

29. Fong NP, Wong PK, Lau-Ting C, Devathasan G, Chong PN. Disability, rehabilitation and after-care of stroke patients after discharge from hospital. Singapore 1983-84. Ann Acad Med Singapore 1987; 16:122-7.

30. Chua KS, Kong KH. Functional outcome in brainstem stroke patients after rehabilitation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1996; 77:194-7.

31. Kong KH, Chan KF, Tan ES. Functional outcome in young strokes. Ann Acad Med Singapore 1995; 24:172-6.

32. Ng KC, Chan KL, Starughan PT. A study of post-stroke depression in a rehabilitative center. Acta Psychiatry Scand 1995; 92:75-9.

33. Loong CK, Kenneth NK, Paulin ST. Post-stroke depression: outcome following rehabilitation. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 1995; 29:609-14.

34. Davis PH, Hachinski V. Epidemiology of cerebrovascular diseases. In: Neuroepidemiology: A tribute to Bruce Schoenberg. Anderson DW, Schoenberg DG (Eds). CRC Press, Boston 1991; 28-53.

35. Hu HH, Sheng WY, Chu FL, Lan CF, Chiang BN. Incidence of stroke in Taiwan. Stroke 1992; 23:1237-41.

36. Kay R, Woo J, Kreel L, Wong HY, Teoh R, Nicholls MG. Stroke subtypes among Chinese living in Hong Kong: the Shatin stroke registry. Neurology 1992; 42:985-7.

37. Khoo OT, Toh CS, Lim CH. Prospective study of cerebrovascular disease in Singapore. Proc 1st Malaysian Congress of Medicine, 1963:93-103.

38. Gwee AL. Cerebrovascular disease - Singapore profile. Singapore Med J 1971; 12:57-63.

39. Venketasubramanian N, Sadasivan B, AKY Tan. Differences in stroke subtype among major ethnic groups in Singapore. J Neuroimaging 1997; 7:262.

40. Venketasubramanian N, Sadasivan B, Tan AKY. Young stroke patients in Singapore. Cerebrovasc Dis 1997; 7 (Suppl 4):74.

41. Yin A, Venketasubramanian N. Misconceptions about stroke among stroke patients in Singapore. Abstract book, Asia Pacific Consensus Forum on Stroke Management, 1997, October 26-29, Melbourne, Australia. National Stroke Foundation, World Health Organisation, Stroke Society of Australasia Inc.

42. Barsan WG, Brott TG, Broderick JP, Haley EC, Levy DE, Marler JR. Time of hospital presentation in patients with acute stroke. Arch Int Med 1993; 153:2558-61.

43. Kolominsky PL, Heuschmann P, Ellul J, Barer DH. Delays in admission to hospital for acute stroke: an international comparison. Cerebrovasc Dis 1996; 6(Suppl 2):132.

44. Venketasubramanian N, Yin A, Chen ML. Stroke patients arrive to hospital early after stroke in Singapore. Neurology 1997; 48(Suppl 2):A307.

45. Kay R, Woo J, Poon WS. Hospital arrival time after stroke. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1992; 55:973-4.

46. Stroke Unit Trialists Collaboration. Collaborative systematic review of the randomized trials of inpatient (stroke unit) care after stroke. Br Med J 1997; 314:1151-9.

47. Venketasubramanian N. Running a stroke unit. Lessons from the Stroke Program, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. Neurol J Southeast Asia 1997; 2:65-9.

48. Ministry of Community Development, Singapore. Directory of Services for Senior Citizens. 1995

49. Ray R, Nair A. The elderly reach independence through a community stroke rehabilitation program. Ann Acad Med Singapore 1991; 20:314-23.

50. Lee KS, Owen RE, Choo PW, Jayaratnam FJ. The role of community health care team in the care of the elderly. Singapore Med J 1991; 32:262-4.