Telling Numbers: Cardiovascular disease burden in India, and state highs & lows | Explained News, The Indian Express

Telling Numbers: Cardiovascular disease burden in India, and state highs & lows | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Mehr Gill |New Delhi |Updated: August 27, 2019 6:59:51 am

Telling Numbers: Cardiovascular disease burden in India, and state highs & lows

Three-quarters of CVD-related deaths happen in lower-middle income countries, according to the World Health Organization, which classifies India among such countries.

The 2018 study found that among Indian states, West Bengal, Odisha and Tripura have the highest burden of strokes in terms of crude DALY rates.

Last week, The Lancet published the results of a clinical trial with PolyPill tablets (a combination of aspirin and atorvastatin) conducted on older patients of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Iranian adults. It concluded that a fixed dose of the tablets along with therapy may help reduce the CVD burden, particularly in low and middle income countries.