With the advancement in the medical and healthcare industry, a lot has changed in India. Many fatal diseases have been eradicated with the invention of powerful vaccination and treatment courses. However, the country is still challenged by some killer diseases; that do not just declare migration.
However, the country is still challenged by some killer diseases that do not just declare migration.
Here is a list of the top ten killer death diseases in India:
1. cardiovascular disease
This causes around 24.8% of deaths in the country. Sadly, preventable but such disease is killing more people every year. Understanding the reasons and following precautions can help prevent; the possibility of illness and death in individuals. It is shocking that heart diseases in India occur 10 to15 years earlier than in the Westerns.
Main reason
1. Tobacco Consumption
2. Diet, physical inactivity and obesity
3. High cholesterol and high blood pressure
4. Heredity
Prevention methods
1. Quit smoking and use tobacco
2. Eat a heart healthy diet
3. Maintain a healthy weight
2. Respiratory disease
The disease accounts for 10.2% of deaths in India. According to a survey, India accounts for 47 percent of global measles deaths!
Main reason
1. Smoking
2. Air pollution
3. Silica dust, mica, grain dust
Prevention methods
1. Stay active, make sure your workplace is safe
2. Eat a healthy diet
3. Take a deep breath
4. Quit Smoking
3. Tuberculosis
The disease accounts for 10.1% of deaths in the country.
Main reason
1. Contagious Causes
Prevention methods
1. Vaccination with BCG Vaccine
2. Eat a healthy diet
3. Routine Preventive Testing
4. Malignant and other tumors
About 9.4% of people in India die due to malignancy and other tumors. Here is a list of the causes of tumor growth in the body:
Main reason
1. Chemical or toxic compound exposure
2. I am radiating radiation
3. Pathogenic
4. Genetics
5. unknown reason
Prevention methods
1. Avoid tobacco consumption
2. Eat a healthy diet
3. Maintain a healthy weight and stay active
4. Get regular medical and vaccination
5. Undefined Terms
It is sad but true that about 5.3% of the population in India; dies due to unknown and undetermined III defined conditions.
Prevention methods
1. Get regular treatment
6. Digestive diseases
Digestive system-related disorders account for 5.1% of deaths in India. The main reason is the negligence of people while eating food.
Main reason
1. Unhealthy food
2. Medications: Aspirin
3. Alcohol and Tobacco Abuse
Prevention methods
1. Quit smoking and zero alcohol use
2. Eat a healthy diet
3. Do light exercise 5 days a week
4. Avoid daily use of aspirin, sulfa drugs and steroids
7. Diarrheal diseases
About 5.0% of people in India die of diarrhea.
Main reason
1. Food poisoning (bacterial infection)
2. Foods that disturb the digestive system; Allergic food
3. Medicines and radiation therapy
Prevention methods
1. Wash hands frequently
2. Eat a healthy diet
3. Quit alcohol
8. Unintentional injury
Accidents account for 4.6% of deaths nationwide. India ranked the No.1 country in deaths due to road accidents!
Main reason
1. Negligence
2. Road conditions
3. Weather conditions
Prevention methods
1. Drive carefully
2. Follow the rules
3. Take a First Aid Kit
9. Suicide
Suicide is the second largest cause of death among Indians aged 15–29. This is 3.0% of the total deaths in India.
Main reason
1. Suicide
Prevention methods
1. Do not stress yourself
2. Talk to loved ones
3. Rehabilitation and Counseling
10. Malaria
This fatal disease accounts for 2.8% of the total disease-related deaths in India. A survey report has revealed that about 95% of the country’s population lives in endemic areas of malaria.
Main reason
1. Transmission of parasites by mosquitoes
Prevention methods
1. Avoid traveling to unknown places
2. Avoid mosquito bites
3. Use mosquito repellent cream