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| Coronary Heart Disease |
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| The prevalence of Coronary Heart Disease is 3% in rural and 7% in urban; roughly 50 million are estimated to have this disease. Heart Attack and stroke account for 30% of total death due to diseases. |
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| Hypertension: |
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| About 5-10% population suffers from this disease (lower figure for rural and higher figure for urban area). As age advances the risk of Hypertension also advances, reaching to a level up to 30%. In India about 50 million people suffer from Hypertension. |
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| WHO Estimates for Number of Diabetics in India |
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| The estimates based on various epidemiological studies according to ICMR, WHO suggests that there were 32 million diabetics in INDIA in 2004 and it is projected that India would have largest number of diabetics (80 million) in the world by 2030. |
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