By more than 62%, the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Karnataka has exceeded the burden of infectious and communicable diseases since 2000. Children above 30 years of age under the Program for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease and Stroke (NPCDCS) in Karnataka as per clinical data of district hospitals, taluk hospitals and community health centers collected under the National Health Mission. The burden of NCDs among people is continuously increasing.
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Characterized by common risk factors, NCDs are also known as chronic diseases or lifestyle-related disorders. Screening under NPCDCS was started in 2017 by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare at the district level across the country. In May this year, the program was renamed the National Program for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NP-NCD) as more diseases such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic kidney disease were covered. Were.
high blood pressure and diabetes
According to data from the districts, diabetes and hypertension are a major component of the NCD disease burden, followed by cardiovascular diseases (CVD). As many as 1,07,853 people were diagnosed with diabetes and 1,08,106 with hypertension in 2017-2018, taking the number of follow-up cases to 2,74,013 and 3,32,217 this year. Screening, which had suffered during the pandemic years, has now picked up pace again across the state.
The number of people suffering from CVD, which is a leading cause of death among people aged 40 and older, is also increasing. 4,706 people were diagnosed with CVD in 2017-2018, which increased to 7,761 last year. At least 3,184 people have been diagnosed with CVD from April to August this year. In addition, according to statistics, cancer cases (including oral, breast, cervical and other cancers) are also continuously increasing.
disability adjusted life years
According to the Karnataka Health Vision Report 2021, during 1990 to 2016, disability-adjusted life years (DALYS) due to ischemic heart diseases in Karnataka moved from 4th to 1st, stroke from 12th to 4th and diabetes from 23rd to 7th . ,
Former Director of NIMHANS G. Gururaj, who led the Vision Group as well as the technical committee on NCDs, said the Lancet Commission report has identified about 20 conditions in the under-five age group, 52 causes in L5-40 years, about 40 Causes that contribute to about 75% of the disease burden in people over the age of 40, especially in the poorer sections of society.
CN Manjunath, director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, said the most prominent modifiable risk factors include elevated levels of systolic blood pressure, diabetes and total cholesterol. “Behavioral risk factors such as obesity, physical inactivity due to sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy diet, tobacco use, alcohol use, stress and others play an equally important role,” he said.
He said that most of these risk factors develop during a person’s adolescence or young adult stage, which with timely intervention can significantly reduce the burden of NCDs in later life.
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