Diabetes is a Major Killer in India

Mon, 19 Sep 2011
The World Health Organisation has stated that more than 520,000 people died in India in 2008.

Over 520,000 people died in India of non-communicable diseases, such as, diabetes, stroke, cardiovascular disease and cancer in 2008.

NCDs are responsible for 53 per cent of all deaths in India.

For men, 38 per cent of the deaths were of men less than 60, whist for women it was 32 per cent.

Cardiovascular diseases were responsible for 24 per cent of all deaths, cancers for 6 per cent respiratory disease for 11 per cent, diabetes for 2 per cent and other NCDs for 10 per cent.

These figures are from the latest country profile on NCD trends in nearly 200 countries.

A third of Indians have high blood pressure, ten per cent have high blood sugar, 11 per cent are overweight and 27 per cent have high cholesterol.

In terms of behavioural risk factors, 14 per cent are daily smokers and a further 14 per cent do no exercise whatsoever.

The above figures have been of great concern to many Indians.

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