RESUMEN
To study disease prevalence and determine disease pattern in the 28 villages around Madinat al-Hikmah, a retrospective study has been carried out at the Department of Clinical and Pre-Clinical Sciences, Shifa ul-Mulk, Memorial Hospital, Hamdard University, Madinat al-Hikmah, Karachi, Pakistan. Three groups have been made on yearly basis from January 2001-June 2003. Review has also been conducted according to age, sex and disease pattern. It was found that respiratory and diarrhoeal diseases top the list. Male to female ratio was nearly 2:1 and highest numbers of patients are under the age of 5-yrs. It was concluded that morbidity and mortality is highest in under 5-years age group, hence special attention is required to deal with patients of this age group