Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 150
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 151
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
NEWS ALERTS | WHO report draws our attention to the human cost of non-communicable diseases
WHO report draws our attention to the human cost of non-communicable diseases

WHO report draws our attention to the human cost of non-communicable diseases

Share this article Share this article
published Published on Oct 25, 2022   modified Modified on Oct 26, 2022

If you are not serious about non-communicable diseases, then this single piece of information is enough to scare you -- during 2019, almost two-third of deaths in India occurred due to such diseases i.e., NCDs.  

The newly released report by World Health Organization shows that out of the total deaths in 2019 in our country, about 28 percent were caused by cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), 10 percent by cancers, 12 percent by chronic respiratory diseases, 4 percent by diabetes, 10 percent by injuries, 12 percent by other NCDs and 24 percent by communicable material, perinatal and nutritional conditions.

Titled Invisible numbers: The true extent of noncommunicable diseases and what to do about them, the report explains that the four main NCDs affecting humanity are: CVDs (i.e., heart disease and stroke), cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases.  

In a news alert prepared by IM4Change.org at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was stated that older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer were more prone to develop serious illness. During the pandemic, the risk of infection and mortality was found to be relatively higher among the people with comorbidities. So, from this perspective, the findings of the latest WHO report on the prevalence of NCDs among our population are quite useful for future public health policymaking.

With urbanisation, the prevalence of smoking and drinking has increased among the masses, whereas the expanding force of educated beings tend to follow a sedentary lifestyle. As a result, the prevalence of NCDs or lifestyle diseases among the population has risen.     

The major findings of the report 'Invisible numbers: The true extent of noncommunicable diseases and what to do about them', which has been produced by the World Health Organization, are as follows: 

Some India-specific findings related to NCDs, among others:

• The probability of dying between age 30 years and exact age 70 years from any of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory diseases (SDG indicator 3.4.1) was around 22 percent in 2019.

• India witnessed 60,46,960 deaths caused by NCDs in 2019.

• The percentage of total deaths due to NCDs overall and the percentage of total deaths due to 7 main categories (5 different NCD categories plus 2 non-NCD categories which together total all deaths) was 66 percent in 2019. 

• The age-standardized death rate for NCDs was 558 per 1 lakh population in 2019.

• The total number of deaths due to cirrhosis caused by alcohol consumption was 62,816 in 2019.

• The total number of deaths due to liver cancer secondary to alcohol consumption was 8,514 in 2019.

• The age-standardized death rate for cirrhosis due to alcohol use was 5 per lakh population in 2019.

• The total number of cancer deaths among Indians was 9,20,555 in 2019.

• The age-standardized death rate for cancer was 80 per lakh population in 2019.

• The prevalence of overweight among adults (age-standardized estimate) was 20 percent in 2016.

• The total number of deaths due to chronic respiratory diseases was 11,46,371 in 2019.

• The age-standardized death rate for chronic respiratory diseases was 113 per lakh population in 2019.

• The total number of deaths due to asthma diseases among Indians was 1,96,051 in 2019.

• The total number of deaths due to cardiovascular diseases was 25,66,492 in 2019.

• The age-standardized death rate for cardiovascular diseases was 239 per lakh population in 2019. 

• The total number of deaths due to diabetes was 3,49,516 in 2019.

• The age-standardized death rate for diabetes was 32 per lakh population in 2019.

• The prevalence of heavy episodic drinking within the past 30 days among adults aged 15+ years (age-standardized estimate) was 17 percent in 2016, 27.8 percent for males and 5.4 percent for females. 

• The prevalence of current tobacco use among adults aged 15+ years (age-standardized estimate) was 28 percent in 2019.

• The prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ years (age-standardized estimate) was 34 percent in 2016.

Global level prevalence of NCDs:

• The four major NCDs – cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke), cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases – along with mental health, account for a very high proportion of deaths and ill health. In total, 41 million people – 74 percent of all deaths – die of an NCD each year. Many millions more are living with at least one NCD, which can reduce quality of life for years. The broader scope of non-communicable conditions also includes mental health and liver and kidney diseases. 
 
• Every year 17 million people under the age of 70 die of NCDs, and 86 percent of them live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). 

• Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) – chief among them, cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke), cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases – along with mental health, cause nearly three-quarters of deaths in the world. 

• NCDs cause 74 percent of all deaths globally. But if every country were to adopt the interventions that are known to work, at least 39 million NCD deaths could be averted by 2030, and countless other lives would be longer, healthier and happier. This report makes the NCD numbers visible and shows what can be done to change them.

References

Invisible numbers: The true extent of non-communicable diseases and what to do about them, World Health Organization, released in September 2022, please click here to access

India-specific dashboard, Non-communicable Diseases Data Portal, WHO, please click here to access

Dashboard, Non-communicable Diseases Data Portal, WHO, please click here to access

Noncommunicable diseases now ‘top killers globally’ – UN health agency report, United Nations News, 21 September, 2022, please click here to access, 

News alert: Size of the population susceptible to coronavirus infection is significant, Inclusive Media for Change, published on April 1, 2020, please click here to access 


Image Courtesy: Invisible numbers: The true extent of non-communicable diseases and what to do about them 



Related Articles

 

Write Comments

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

Video Archives

Archives

share on Facebook
Twitter
RSS
Feedback
Read Later

Contact Form

Please enter security code
      Close