WHO estimates on cardiovascular diseases (CVD):
- The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that over 17.9 million people die of CVDs every year, accounting for over 31 per cent of global deaths.
- One-third of these deaths are premature (below 70 years). About 80 per cent of all CVDs manifest themselves as heart attacks or strokes and 75 per cent cases come from low and middle-income countries.
CVD burden in India
- In September 2018, The Lancet published a report about cardiovascular diseases in India and their risk factors as part of its Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2016. According to it,
- In 2016, CVDs contributed to 28.1 percent of the total deaths, as compared to 15.2 percent in 1990.
- In Punjab, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the prevalence of CVDs is at least 5000 per 100,000 people. Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh are the only two states where the prevalence of CVDs is less than 3,000 per 100,000 people.
- In India, the prevalence of CVDs is estimated to be around 54.5 million.
- India’s National Health Policy 2017 aims to reduce premature mortality from CVDs, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases by 25 per cent by 2025.
