Abstract
Cerebrovascular diseases rank now as the fifth leading cause of mortality in the Philippines. Statistical data on stroke is still very meager. With the present on-going study on hypertension and stroke, the epidemiological status of cerebrovascular diseases will improve. Based on the data collected by the author, cerebral infarct is the most common type of cerebrovascular disease; hypertension is the leading predisposing factor for stroke in the Philippines; and the other risk factors are cardiac abnormalities, diabetes, hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia.
