Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is the extravasation of blood into the subarachnoid space from traumatic or nontraumatic origin. There is a paucity of data on the burden of SAH in African countries. In this study, we analyzed data from patients in the largest neurovascular center in Senegal to determine the sex- and age-adjusted burden of SAH in Senegal.

The Fann Teaching Hospital (Dakar, Senegal) institutional review board authorized this study. Consent was obtained from adult patients and the parents/legal guardians of children. Patient data were stored in a password-protected Excel spreadsheet, and this spreadsheet was stored on a hard drive. Only the authors had access to the data.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Sub-arachnoid Hemorrhage admission

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not admitted for sub-arachnoid hemorrhage

We recruited 448 patients between 2011 and 2020. However, 60 patients (13.4%) had incomplete records and were excluded from the analysis. Herein we present the retrospective analysis of the 388 patients (86.6%) with complete records. We received a median of 40.0 patients annually (IQR=51.5), and a peak was observed in 2017 when 76 SAH patients were admitted at our institution.