25 Haemorrhagic stroke

Type: Factsheets

Code: 01F25

Most strokes happen because of a blockage in an artery leading to the brain. However, about twenty per cent are due to bleeding in or around the brain. An intracerebral haemorrhage means that there is bleeding into the brain, and accounts for approximately fifteen per cent of strokes.

A subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is when there is bleeding over the surface of the brain and five per cent of strokes happen this way. This factsheet explains why these strokes happen, and how they are diagnosed and treated.   

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