Part 9 · Non-Communicable Diseases and Their Programmes

82. NCD Epidemiology and Shared Risk Factors

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Indicator	India
Share of deaths from NCDs	≈ 63–66% (WHO NCD country profiles, recent)
Premature NCD mortality (30–70 years)	≈ 22% probability of dying from the four main NCDs (WHO estimates)
Diabetes	11.4% of adults; prediabetes 15.3% (ICMR‑INDIAB, 2023)
Hypertension	35.5% of adults (ICMR‑INDIAB, 2023)
Generalised obesity	≈ 28.6%; abdominal obesity ≈ 39.5% (INDIAB)
Tobacco use	28.6% of adults (GATS‑2, 2016–17)
NFHS‑6 (2023–24)	Rising adult obesity and high blood glucose versus NFHS‑5

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Indicator

India

Share of deaths from NCDs

≈ 63–66% (WHO NCD country profiles, recent)

Premature NCD mortality (30–70 years)

≈ 22% probability of dying from the four main NCDs (WHO estimates)

Diabetes

11.4% of adults; prediabetes 15.3% (ICMR‑INDIAB, 2023)

Hypertension

35.5% of adults (ICMR‑INDIAB, 2023)

Generalised obesity

≈ 28.6%; abdominal obesity ≈ 39.5% (INDIAB)

Tobacco use

28.6% of adults (GATS‑2, 2016–17)

NFHS‑6 (2023–24)

Rising adult obesity and high blood glucose versus NFHS‑5