One
in four adults in India has high BP, one in 10 is diabetic
Get that blood pressure down as there is some
worrisome news for all: Nearly one-fourth of the Indian adult population has
been found to be suffering from high BP. Known as silent killer, high BP raises
the chances of stroke and heart diseases.
A large number of Indian male population (26%)
consumes tobacco which is again a trigger for non-communicable diseases.
According to the latest World Health Statistics
2012 report released on Wednesday, high BP is now becoming the biggest reason
for adult deaths across the world. One in three adults worldwide has high BP -
a condition that causes around 51% of all deaths from stroke and heart
diseases. The report also said that one in 10 adults has diabetes while
obesity, too, remains a major issue.
The report said non-communicable diseases will be
the biggest challenge in health in the 21st century.
Fast developing nations such as India too are
getting higher cases of raised BP due to modernisation and stress levels. In
India, the prevalence rate of high BP among men is 23.1% while for women it is
22.6%. Besides, 11.1% men and 10.8% women have diabetic conditions.
For the first time giving the data on people with
raised blood glucose levels, the report said the global average prevalence is
around 10%, but up to one third of populations in some Pacific Island countries
have this condition.
The report said that though in 20 years, the
number of maternal deaths has decreased to less than 2.9 lakh in 2010 from over
5.4 lakh deaths in 1990, still one third of these maternal deaths occur in just
two countries - India with 20% of the global total and Nigeria with 14%.
Public health advancements globally have helped
save children’s lives in the past decade and significant progress has been made
as the number of child deaths reduced from almost 10 million children (aged
less than 5 years) in 2000 to 7.6 million annual deaths in 2010. The decline in
the number of deaths from diarrheal disease and measles has been particularly
striking.
Source: www.dnaindia.com
01.06.2012
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