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Almost half of the death burden in the country is due to NCDs today
Majority of the deaths occur on lower and middle-income countries
New Delhi, 25 November 2017: A recent study has indicated that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart attack, stroke, chronic respiratory diseases, and cancer account for 6 out of 10 deaths (61.8%) in India. This is alarming given the fact that the figure was 37.9% almost two decades ago. This was also the time when more than half of the deaths (53.6%) were due to communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases. The contribution of the group of risk factors such as obesity and lack of physical activity has increased massively to a quarter of the total disease burden in India in 2016.
NCDs are diseases of long duration and generally slow progression. The four main types of no ncommunicable diseases are cardiovascular diseases (like heart attacks and stroke), cancer, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructed pulmonary disease and asthma) and diabetes.
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