RESUMO
To find out the frequency of major categories of stroke [i.e. cerebral infarction, intra cerebral hemorrhage and sub-arachnoid hemorrhage]. A descriptive study. Medical unit III Allied Hospital Faisalabad from January 2005 to June 2005. 112 patients were enrolled after taking verbal consent. After complete physical examination and investigations a sample size of 100 patients was calculated using 5% level of significant and margin of error as 5%. This study revealed frequency distribution of various categories of stroke as cerebral infarction 62 cases [62%], cerebral haemorrhage 30 cases [30%] and sub-arachnoid haemorrhage 8 cases [8%] out of 100 cases in total. Intra-cerebral bleed has got a higher trend in Asia than in western countries and is more common in female gender while cerebral infarction is more common in males and its frequency although the highest among the major categories of stroke in Asia but relatively less as compared to that in western countries