What is the risk of stroke in women using OC pills?
The cumulative risk of stroke in women using OC pills has been summarized in 4 different meta-analyses, with many of the same individual cohort or case-control studies included in each. The risk of stroke is very low in the age group of women who use contraception, but the incidence rises steeply from 3.4 per 100000 at ages 15 to 19 years to 64.4 per 100000 in women IS.