Background and purpose: Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. It imposes a major physical mental and financial burden over the patient, family and the country. Despite increasing burden of stroke in developing countries, population-baseddata are scarce. An event of stroke can be caused by a number of risk factors, some of which are nonmodifiable and some are modifiable. Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, heart diseases, hyperlipidemia and smoking belong to the modifiable group and their prevalence shows diversity worldwide The aim of the study was to find out the prevalence of different risk factors of strokes.