Prevention and control of lifestyle disease
Proportion of global deaths under the age 70 years, by cause of death, comparable estimates, 2012
Age-standardized NCD death rates by WHO region
Probability of dying from the four main noncommunicable diseases between the ages of 30 and 70 years comparable estimates, 2012
NCD and risk factors
Cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular diseases Cardiovascular diseases is the leading cause of mortality in Kerala contributing to as much as 40% of all deaths. The age adjusted death rate due to cardiovascular in the state is 490 per lakh for men and 231 per lakh for women every year
Coronary artery diseases State reports a higher prevalence of coronary artery diseases when compared to other states in India 7.4% in rural (in 1991) 13.5% in urban(in 1995) The estimated prevalence of coronary artery disease in the age group 20-69 years for 2015 is 10.1 %.(31) *Kutty VR, Balakrishnan KG, Jayasree AK, Thomas J. Prevalence of coronary heart disease in the rural population of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India. Int J Cardiol [Internet]. 1993 Apr [cited 2015 Apr 24];39(1):59–70. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8407009 **Begom R, Singh RB. Prevalence of coronary artery disease and its risk factors in the urban population of South and North India. Acta Cardiol [Internet]. 1995 Jan [cited 2015 May 7];50(3):227–40. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7676762 ***National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health. NCMH Background Papers·Burden of Disease in India. New delhi; 2005. p. 1–388. Available from: http://www.who.int/macrohealth/action/NCMH_Burden of disease_(29 Sep 2005).pdf
Death due to coronary artery disease in kerala Mohanan PP, Mathew R, Harikrishnan S, Krishnan MN, Zachariah G, Joseph J, et al. Presentation, management, and outcomes of 25 748 acute coronary syndrome admissions in Kerala, India: results from the Kerala ACS Registry. Eur Heart J [Internet]. 2013 Jan 7 [cited 2015 May 8];34(2):121–9. Available from: http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/09/06/eurheartj.ehs219
Acute coronary event in Kerala CAD in Kerala is both premature and malignant Average age is 60 years (56 in males and 69 in females) 60% of CAD deaths in men and 40% of CAD deaths in women occur before the age of 65 (USA-18%) 1 month case fatality rate following STEMI- 8.5% ( around 4 in developed countries) Soman CR, Kutty VR, Safraj S, Vijayakumar K, Rajamohanan K, Ajayan K. All-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality in Kerala state of India: results from a 5-year follow-up of 161,942 rural community dwelling adults. Asia Pac J Public Health [Internet]. 2011 Nov [cited 2015 Apr 23];23(6):896–903. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20460280 Mohanan PP, Mathew R, Harikrishnan S, Krishnan MN, Zachariah G, Joseph J, et al. Presentation, management, and outcomes of 25 748 acute coronary syndrome admissions in Kerala, India: results from the Kerala ACS Registry. Eur Heart J [Internet]. 2013 Jan 7 [cited 2015 May 8];34(2):121–9. Available from: http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/09/06/eurheartj.ehs219
Stroke Prevalence stroke among adults (>18 years ) in the state was 0.3% The age adjusted annual incidence of stroke in Kerala in 2010 was 135 per 100,000 were more in males (143 )compared to females (128) Ischemic stroke was the most common type of stroke ( 73 per 100000) #Menon J, Joseph J, Thachil A, Attacheril T V, Banerjee A. Surveillance of noncommunicable diseases by community health workers in Kerala: the epidemiology of noncommunicable diseases in rural areas (ENDIRA) study. Glob Heart [Internet]. 2014 Dec [cited 2015 Apr 1];9(4):409–17. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25592794 ##Soman CR, Kutty VR, Safraj S, Vijayakumar K, Rajamohanan K, Ajayan K. All-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality in Kerala state of India: results from a 5-year follow-up of 161,942 rural community dwelling adults. Asia Pac J Public Health [Internet]. 2011 Nov [cited 2015 Apr 23];23(6):896–903. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20460280
Stroke No urban rural difference in incidence average age of stroke patients was 67 years stroke in the young( <40 years,)only 4% case fatality rate within one month was 24.5% for urban and 37.1% for rural populations which is comparable to national figures Sridharan SE, Unnikrishnan JP, Sukumaran S, Sylaja PN, Nayak SD, Sarma PS, et al. Incidence, types, risk factors, and outcome of stroke in a developing country: the Trivandrum Stroke Registry. Stroke [Internet]. 2009 Apr 1 [cited 2015 May 5];40(4):1212–8. Available from: http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/40/4/1212.full
Cancer
Incidence of cancer in Kerala 1.Three Year Report of PBCR 2009-2011 [Internet]. [cited 2015 Apr 28]. Available from: http://www.ncrpindia.org/ALL_NCRP_REPORTS/PBCR_REPORT_2009_2011/ALL_CONTENT/Printed_Version.htm 2 GLOBOCAN :Fact Sheets by Population [Internet]. [cited 2015 Apr 27]. Available from: http://globocan.iarc.fr/Pages/fact_sheets_population.aspx
Trend in incidence of cancer in Kerala *CI5 - Home [Internet]. [cited 2015 Apr 27]. Available from: http://ci5.iarc.fr/Default.aspx **Three Year Report of PBCR 2009-2011 [Internet]. [cited 2015 Apr 28]. Available from: http://www.ncrpindia.org/ALL_NCRP_REPORTS/PBCR_REPORT_2009_2011/ALL_CONTENT/Printed_Version.htm
Among males lung cancer (14 Among males lung cancer (14.5%) was the leading site followed by cancer of oral cavity (14.2%). Among females cancer of breast (29.8%) was the leading site of cancer followed by cancer of thyroid( 12.5%) Children (0-14years) constituted 4.8% of all cancers and leukemia was the predominant cancer among them in both genders ( males 57.5% and females 47.5%).
Chronic Lung diseases
Chronic lung diseases Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) accounted for 5.2% of the total NCD burden and 12.2% of the NCD related mortality. In Kerala, 15.3% of the death were due to respiratory causes of which COPD was the main culprit
Prevalence of chronic respiratory disease in Kerala Jindal SK. Indian Study on Epidemiology of Asthma , Respiratory Symptoms and Chronic Bronchitis ( INSEARCH ) A Multi ‐ Centre Study ( 2006 ‐ 2009 ) Department of Pulmonary Medicine [Internet]. 2010. Available from: http://icmr.nic.in/final/INSEARCH_Full _Report.pdf
Prevalence of chronic bronchitis
Chronic Kidney disease Age-adjusted incidence rate of ESRD in India to be 22.9 per lakh population. 7500 new chronic kidney diseases every year in Kerala Prevalence in hospitalized patients is 17 % 33 % in Kerala Main causes are diabetes nephropathy and hypertensive nephrosclerosis *Modi GK, Jha V. The incidence of end-stage renal disease in India: a population-based study. Kidney Int [Internet]. 2006 Dec 25 [cited 2015 May 2];70(12):2131–3. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.ki.5001958 **Singh AK, Farag YMK, Mittal B V, Subramanian KK, Reddy SRK, Acharya VN, et al. Epidemiology and risk factors of chronic kidney disease in India - results from the SEEK (Screening and Early Evaluation of Kidney Disease) study. BMC Nephrol [Internet]. 2013 Jan [cited 2015 Apr 22];14(1):114. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/14/114 ***Rajapurkar MM, John GT, Kirpalani AL, Abraham G, Agarwal SK, Almeida AF, et al. What do we know about chronic kidney disease in India: first report of the Indian CKD registry. BMC Nephrol [Internet]. 2012 Jan [cited 2015 Apr 17];13:10. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=3350459&tool=pmcentrez&rendertype=abstract
Diabetes
Age-standardized prevalence of diabetes, 2014
Comparison of current age standardized prevalence of diabetes in above 18 years Thankappan KR, Shah B, Mathur P, Sarma PS, Srinivas G, Mini GK, et al. Risk factor profile for chronic non-communicable diseases: Results of a community-based study in Kerala, India. Indian J Med Res. 2010;131(1):53–63. World Health Organization. Global Status Report On Noncommunicable Diseases 2014. 2014.
Diabetes in Kerala over last 25 year
Thankappan KR, Shah B, Mathur P, Sarma PS, Srinivas G, Mini GK, et al Thankappan KR, Shah B, Mathur P, Sarma PS, Srinivas G, Mini GK, et al. Risk factor profile for chronic non-communicable diseases: Results of a community-based study in Kerala, India. Indian J Med Res. 2010;131(1):53–63.
Kutty VR, Soman CR, Joseph A, Pisharody R, Vijayakumar K Kutty VR, Soman CR, Joseph A, Pisharody R, Vijayakumar K. Type 2 diabetes in southern Kerala: variation in prevalence among geographic divisions within a region. Natl Med J India [Internet]. Jan [cited 2015 Apr 23];13(6):287–92 Jose R, Manojan KK, Augustine P, Nujum ZT, Althaf A, Haran JC, et al. Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes in Neyyattinkara Taluk of South Kerala [Internet]. Academic Medical Journal of India. 2013 [cited 2015 Apr 23]. Available from: http://medicaljournal.in/prevalence-of-type-2-diabetes-prediabetes
Detection , treatment and control of diabetes in Kerala
Hypertension
Age standardized prevalence of hypertension in above 18 years Thankappan KR, Shah B, Mathur P, Sarma PS, Srinivas G, Mini GK, et al. Risk factor profile for chronic non-communicable diseases: Results of a community-based study in Kerala, India. Indian J Med Res. 2010;131(1):53–63. World Health Organization. Global Status Report On Noncommunicable Diseases 2014. 2014.
Trend in prevalence of hypertension in Kerala (above 30 year of age)
Burden of hypertension The prevalence was almost same in both genders as well as in urban and rural areas. The burden of hypertension increases with age studies reports that 60-80% of people above age of 60 were hypertensive proportion of people in pre-hypertension stage is also very high (upto 40%).
Detection , treatment and control of hypertension in Kerala
Status of risk factors in Kerala
Tobacco use in Kerala International Institute for Population Sciences.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Government of India. Global adult tobacco survey India 2009 2010. Global adult tobacco survey India 2009-10. Mumbai: International Institute for Population Sciences; 2010.
Tobacco use in Kerala International Institute for Population Sciences.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Government of India. Global adult tobacco survey India 2009 2010. Global adult tobacco survey India 2009-10. Mumbai: International Institute for Population Sciences; 2010.
Smoking in Kerala over past 30 years
Alcohol use in Kerala Current use of alcohol ( within one month ) was seen in 20-23% of males aged above 15 years in Kerala. Annual Per capita alcohol consumption was 10.2 L which is comparable to national average (11.4 L) ICMR. NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE RISK FACTORS SURVEY India Phase - I 2008-09. 2007.
Obesity The prevalence of overweight and obese (BMI>=25) in the state was estimated to around 30 % and is showing an upward trend. Central obesity (based on waste circumference, WC) is more prevalent affecting as much as 40% of the population. Obesity/overweight was more common in females (BMI- 38%, WC-52%) when compared to males (BMI- 24%,WC-26%).
Hyper-cholestrolemia
Dietary practice in Kerala
Dietary practice in Kerala
Physical inactivity Low level of physical activity was seen in 75% of the population as per the STEPS survey report. Lack of physical activity was more common in women when compared to men. The low level of physical activity was same in both urban and rural areas as well as across different age groups
Is there a solution?
Prevention oriented health care
Levels of prevention
Levels of prevention
Secondary and tertiary prevention prevention Primodial prevention Primary prevention
Primary prevention Promoting healthy diet Promoting recreational physical activity Avoiding tobacco , alcohol Stress management
Primary prevention Health promotion Specific protection Health education Environmental modification Lifestyle and behavioral changes Specific protection Legislation and its proper implementation Immunization
Secondary prevention Early diagnosis Screening Proper treatment