Hypertension-Related Admissions and Outcome in a Tertiary Hospital in Northeast Nigeria

Table 1

Shows spectrum of cardiovascular admissions in the medical wards of ATBUTH.

Causes	Number	Percentage (%)
Hypertension-related	735	23.6
Diabetic complications	96	3.1
Peripartal heart failure	51	1.64
Stroke in the young	25	0.8
Dilated cardiomyopathy	18	0.6
Cor pulmonale	9	0.3
Rheumatic heart disease	3	0.1
Congenital heart disease	2	0.06
Myocardial infarction	2	0.06
Cholera	1220	39.3
Others	947	30.1
Total	3108	100