Dedicated neurologocal intensive care units (INCU) came into existence in India since last two decades. Present study is an epidemological profile of a dedicated neurological intensive care unit from central India over a period of 4 years. This study was performed in a 1165 bedded tertiary care hospital in central India. All consecutive patients more than 15 years age, admitted in INCU during a period of 48 month (1st January 2010-31st December 2013) were enrolled. Data analysis of these 1575

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... tients was done. Result of the study population 62.65% (968) were males while 37.35% (577) were females. Strokes composed majority of the patients consisting of 63% of our patients. Majority of the patients (35.47%) fell in the age group of 41-60 years. 46.86% (n=724) of the patients came from rural areas. 35.47% patients left the hospital against medical advice with 71.71% of these patients admitted with strokes. The in hospital mortality rate was 6.86%. It may be concluded from the study that the morbidity and mortality trends of our patients from central India is similar to those seen in earlier reports.