Ismail A Khatri, Mohammad Wasay.
Can we stop the stroke epidemic in Pakistan?.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jan ;21(4):195-6.

Pakistan has the world’s 6th largest population with a growth rate of about 2% per year. Most recent national health survey conducted by Pakistan Medical and Research Council reported that 33% of Pakistani population above the age of 45 years is suffering from hypertension.4 About one-third of these hypertensives were unaware of their hypertension. A large proportion of Pakistani population is diabatic. 5.2 million in the year 2000 and projected to be 13.9 million by the year 2020. About 14-21% adolescents and adults are given to smoking tobacco, majority being male. Exact prevalence of smoking may be higher because a large number of smokers especially women do not report their smoking habits. There are no well-designed, population- based published studies related to stroke prevalence in Pakistan. The estimated annual incidence of stroke in Pakistan is 250/100,000, which is projected to an estimate of 350,000 new cases every year.

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