Vikrant Shekhawat : Apr 07, 2022, 08:56 AM
To say that now we have started living more. Our average lifespan (life expectancy) has increased by about 22 years in the last five decades. But there was no significant increase in healthy life with increasing age. Now we are living with more diseases than before. According to the latest report of the World Health Organization (WHO), India has already performed well in care of the sick, but lifestyle diseases like diabetes have created new challenges. India, once fighting polio, measles, TB and AIDS, has today become a diabetes 'capital' and by 2025 more than 70 million people are expected to suffer from it.Most deaths from heart diseaseThe number of heart patients has doubled in the past 30 years. Heart disease was once at the fifth position but now it has become the biggest disease in the country. According to a study, diseases like heart, COPD, diabetes and stroke have been the biggest contributors to the health loss of people in India during the last three decades.Lifestyle diseases have rapidly caught the young population of up to 35 years, not only in the cities but in the villages, and have become the biggest cause of death. Its effect was clearly visible in the corona epidemic, in which half of the Indians who lost their lives were already victims of diseases like diabetes and hypertension.India will suffer an economic loss of $ 6.2 trillion by the end of this decade due to heart disease and diabetes alone. These diseases not only reduce the productivity of the people, but also increase their health care expenditure drastically.According to a global team of scientists, the presence of chronic diseases and diseases caused by high blood pressure, diabetes and air pollution have made the world population more vulnerable than ever before to epidemics like corona.Increasing urbanization has made our way of life crooked and food spoiled. Because of this life has become sick. We need awareness to live long, healthy and with good immunity. There is no shortcut to good health. Dr. VK Behl, CardiologistWHO said, the health services of the country came from private to government hands
- Good health will be available from government hands: According to the WHO report, 70 percent of OPD services, 58 percent of admitted patients and 90 percent of medicines and tests are in private hands in the country. Good treatment is beyond the reach of common man. There is a need to improve health facilities at the government level in India.
- Spending 1.5 percent of GDP, need three percent: Government spending on public health is very low in the world. We currently spend only 1.5 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on health, against the requirement of three per cent. European countries spend up to eight percent of GDP.
- Deaths from non-communicable diseases account for 50%: In the South Asia region, a large proportion of people's lives are due to poor health and non-communicable (NCD) diseases have emerged as a major cause of this. Researchers say that 58 percent of the disease burden on India's health system is due to non-communicable diseases, up from 29 percent in 1990. The number of premature deaths due to NCDs was only 22 per cent earlier, which has now more than doubled to 50 per cent.
- Average age over 80, good eating habits, stress-free life: Today the average lifespan has increased across the world and for the first time in human history, most people are seeing a life of more than 60 years become a reality. By 2050, this number of people over the age of 60 will double. But there are some countries where people are already living longer and healthier lives.
- Good health infrastructure, unpolluted climate and timely disease detection and prevention have increased life expectancy in many countries.
- This country has the highest average age on earth. The average age of each human being on the Western European border is 89.4 years.
- Reason: The low-cost public health system, fresh Mediterranean cuisine and less stressful living are believed to be the main reasons behind the longevity of Monaco residents.
- The average age in Japan, which has been hit by disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis in the world, is 85.3 years. The WHO states that Japanese people live a healthy life without any disability for up to 75 years.
- Reason: Healthy eating, regular exercise and more years of working life play an important role in Japanese living longer.
- People in Singapore, considered a wealthy South Asian country, live an average of 85.2 years.
- Reason : Timely detection and prevention of diseases has made a significant impact on life, thereby prolonging their lifespan.
- The average age recorded in the European country of San Marino is 83.3 years.
- Reason: Here too, fresh Mediterranean cuisine, stress-free living and high employment rates help to stay healthy for a long time.
- The average age of Icelandic people is 83.1 years.
- Reason: Consume plenty of fish with omega-3, which protects them from heart diseases. In addition, genetic factors are also believed to contribute. (All sources of data: Lancet magazine, WHO, Government reports and global surveys, and the CIA World Factbook.)