Growing burden of neurological diseases in Pakistan — need for a national health survey

Overall burden of Neurological Diseases in the world is around 6.5%. It ranges from 4-5% in lower income countries (Pakistan) as compared to 10-11% in high income countries. Over all death and disability related to Neurological diseases is higher than HIV/AIDS, neoplasms, ischaemic heart diseases and Tuberculosis. More than half of the disability due to neurological diseases is related to stroke followed by Dementias, Migraine, Epilepsy and tetanus.