Comparison of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke in the Medical Ward of Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia: A Retrospective Study

Table 6

Prevalence of risk factors for hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke-related deaths.

Risk factors	IS		HS
	No. of deaths	%	No. of deaths	%
HTN	30	10	14	5
DM	2	1	5	2
HTN/DM	4	1	2	1
Previous stroke	7	2	2	1
AF	12	4	7	2
Smoking	5	2	5	2
Alcohol intake	5	2	3	1
SHD	7	2	8	3
Family history of stroke	2	1	3	1
HIV	4	1	2	1
Chat	7	2	3	1
Obesity	3	1	3	1
Headache	3	1	2	1

AF: atrial fibrillation, DM: diabetes mellitus, HIV: human immunodeficiency virus, HS: hemorrhagic stroke, HTN: hypertension, IS: ischemic stroke, and SHD: structural heart diseases.