Keralites face highest risk of cardiovascular disease, finds study

Keralites face highest risk of cardiovascular disease, finds study

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1. A recent survey found wide variations in the average 10-year risk of a fatal or nonfatal cardiovascular disease event among States and gener.

Important Facts

2. About Survey

• The study is led by researchers at Public Health Foundation of India and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• The study is based on District Level Household Survey-4 and Annual Health Survey (AHS) data
• The surveys covered 27 of the 29 States and five of the seven Union Territories.

3. Key findings
4. Variation in risk of cardiovascular diseases among states

• Kerala has higher risk -19.5% compared to Jharkhand – 13.2%

2. Variation in risk of cardiovascular diseases between genders

• Mean risk of men highest in Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland – 24.23%
• Among women highest is in goa – 16.73%

3. Adults in urban areas tended to have a greater cardiovascular risk.

• People living in urban areas in Kerala (19.90%) had the highest mean risk, followed by West Bengal (19.12%) and Himachal Pradesh (18.97%).
• Daman and Diu had the lowest mean risk (12.60%), followed by Bihar (13.63%) and Arunachal Pradesh (14.71%).
• But, goa has higher mean value in rural areas (18.92%) than the urban areas (18.79%).
• In Kerala the difference between highest mean risk in rural (19.23%) and urban areas (19.90%) is meagre

4. People with higher household wealth are at greater risk
5. Reasons

• In poorer households and rural areas smoking is more prevalent
• Wealthy households and urban locations faced risks from high body mass index, high blood glucose and high systolic blood pressure.