Stroke is the first common cause of severe
disability and third most common cause of death
behind heart diseases and cancer in the developed
and developing countries.1 The incidence of stroke
is approximately same in both sexes but after the
age of 75 years, the incidence of stroke is much
greater in women.2,3 During the last three decades
there is inclination in the incidence of disease in the
South Asian Countries while declined in the Western
region and is expected to rise further.4 The stroke
incidence in Pakistan is close to 250 per 100,000