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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Chronic Diseases, 05/08/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Chronic Diseases, 05/08/2016. As per disease burden study on Non-Communicable Diseases published by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in 2004, the estimated cases of Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) in India was 224 lakh and prevalence of IHD was 37.0 cases per thousand. As per the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), the estimated cases of diabetes in India in the age group of 20-70 years are 65.0 million, 66.8 million and 69.1 million respectively in 2013, 2014 & 2015. Nationwide scientific estimation of number of patients of Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) has not been carried out. However, in some of the small population based studies, prevalence was found to be in 0.79 % in North India and 0.16% in South India. As per Indian Council of Medical Research’s National Cancer Registry data, the State/UT-wise estimates for incidence, prevalence and mortality of cancer cases in India for the last three years are at Annexure 1 to 3.