India, while witnessing the economical development, facing a new set of health concerns. Chief among them are non-communicable disease such as cancer, diabetes, respiratory infections and particularly heart disease.
Problems faced by India that increases heart risk are:
• Most of the Indians do not give preference to Health
• No time to exercise
• Driven by money and markets
• Junk food
• An average person is obese and smokes
• No self-control over hypertension
• Lifestyle is not up to the mark
About 12 percent of those experiencing heart attacks in India are below 40, double the number in the West. It is observed that a percentage of 15-20 are victim of heart strokes between the age group of 25 to 40. Heart disease would jump in young urban Indians due to their faulty lifestyle in 2016.
The report also reveals heart disease risk is now seen in the 20–29 Age group. The cases of heart disease in India in 2016 are expected to be three times the number reported in 2000. While in 2000, an estimated 2.7 crore Indian, in 2005, India was estimated to have 3.5 crore, 2010, the number stood at 4.6 crore, and Now, increased to 6.15 crore by 2015.
As per a US study Average age a heart patient in India is 52 years. About 2.11 lakh visits to OP department of 15 hospitals from Mumbai to Patna. Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) cases will mark 1.04 crore in the age group 20–29 years in 2016. Indians suffering from CHD would increase to: 2.5 crore rural and 3.6 crore urban Indians in 2016. In short, India will definitely see a huge increase in CHD.
