Over 60% of heart disease housed in India in the next 2 years
April 25, 2008 by Kendra James, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Second to diabetes, heart disease seems to be on the horizon for India. They are estimating that India will account for 60% of all heart disease cases worldwide within the next 2 years.
As India becomes more developed so does it’s social habits…
The risk factors in India were the same as elsewhere and included tobacco use, high levels of lipids in the blood due to diets rich in saturated fat, and hypertension, the study said.
The major complication that goes along with such a rise in heart disease across India is the fact that the estimated time it takes one to reach a hospital in a time of emergency is 300 minutes! Scary.
As the Indian economy grows there will be an even sharper increase in heart disease before we reach the plateau.
via BBC
