60% deaths in India last year due to non-communicable diseases

January 20, 2015 00:25

Non-communicable diseases are estimated to have accounted for 60 per cent of the deaths in India in 2014, according to a WHO report released today.

The probability of an Indian, in the age group of 30-70 years, dying at present from the four main non-communicable diseases -- diabetes, cancer, stroke and respiratory problems -- is 26 per cent, it said.

Nearly, 8.5 million people died of non-communicable diseases in the WHO's South-East Asia Region in 2012, the global WHO report said, adding, the number is expected to grow larger if action is not taken to arrest the epidemic.

The report also said the death toll due to non-communicable diseases would mount to 52 million in 2030 from 38 million in 2012.

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