| Indian
Health Report Card |
| Demography |
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Indian
Population (Census 2001): 1.02
billion, Male : 0.53 billion.
Infant Mortality Rate : 60.81
Life Expectancy at Birth : Male
62.54 years. Female 64.29 years
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Hypothyroidism |
| 30
million |
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Hepatitis
B
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Estimated
45 million (360 million worldwide)
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Osteoporosis
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Brittle
bones that come with old age
increase the risk of the hip,
spine and wrist factures. Estimated
61 million suffer from osteoporosis.
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Hypertension
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100
million people in India have
high blood pressure.
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Diabetes
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India
is the global capital of Diabetes
with more than 35 million cases.
WHO predicts India will have
57 million diabetics by 2025.
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| Stroke |
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Stroke
mortality in India is 20% of
all cardiovascular deaths (WHO
2000)
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Tuberculosis
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Estimated
3.5 million sputum +ve. About
2.2 million new cases every
year. 0.5 million die from TB
every year, more than 1000 every
day (i.e. 1 every min.)
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Heart
Disease
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Is
the leading cause of the death.
Estimated 50 million heart patients
and approx 2.5 million die every
year due to heart disease. WHO
predicts that India will have
100 million or 60% of world's
heart patients by 2010.
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HIV/AIDS
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Estimated
3.86 million people infected
with HIV. Estimated 50,000 to
1,00,000 AIDS cases.
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Breast
Cancer
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Strikes
one in every ten female. Account
for nearly 20% of all cancer
in females and 30% cancer deaths
in females.
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Cancer
Cervix |
| About
1.5 lakh new cases registered
annually. Responsible for 1 lakh
deaths every year. |
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