ABSTRACT
The study included 3000 patients who attend the outpatient urology clinic and 500 patients who were admitted into urology department in one year duration from January 1990 to December 1990. Renal stones constitute 36.6 percent of all patients ham-urinary stones in the outpatient study and 27.3 percent in the inpatient study, the mean age of patients was 36.3 +/ -15.5 years, males constitute 81.3 percent and 63.3 percent of patients life in rural communities. The incidence of ureteric stones was 47.3 percent in the outpatient study and 38 4 percent in the admitted patients. The age incidence was 35.0 +/- 13.5 years; the male to female ratio was 5:1 in primary stone, 22:1 in stones formed above ureteric stricture. Stone bladder constitute 3.5 percent of hospital attendance, it affects male more than females. It constitutes 16.1 percent of all urinary tract stones. Age incidences is high from 1 to 5 years