Open AccessPrevalence of risk factors of noncommunicable diseases in a rural population of district Gautam-Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh using the World Health Organization STEPS approach
Author(s) -
Shalini Srivastav,
Harsh Mahajan,
Sonia Goel,
Sidhyartha Mukherjee
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.222027
Subject(s) - medicine , smokeless tobacco , environmental health , context (archaeology) , non communicable disease , epidemiology , population , epidemiological transition , rural area , disease , gerontology , demography , tobacco use , pathology , paleontology , sociology , biology
Globally, it is estimated that by 2020, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) will account for 73% of deaths and 60% of disease burden. India is in the midst of an epidemiological transition leading to increasing the prevalence of NCDs. Targeting the risk factors for NCDs is recognized as an essential preventive strategy.