Chronic Illness Deaths Spike In India, Women Affected More: Lancet Study

India is among the countries where chances of dying from a chronic disease such as cancer and heart disease have increased among both men and women, even though the rates have shown a decline in four out of every five countries in the last decade, a global analysis published in The Lancet journal shows.

- Press Trust of India

Among men and women in India, women have been affected by a bigger increase in risk compared to men, researchers, led by those from the UK's Imperial College London, said.

“Deaths from most causes of chronic disease increased in India, with heart disease and diabetes contributing heavily,” they said.

The team worked with researchers from the World Health Organization (WHO), among others, to estimate the risk of dying from chronic diseases for 185 countries and territories.