Hypertension, diabetes biggest killers in Delhi

德里最大的疾病殺手高血壓，糖尿病

According to a report on the 'State of Health of Delhi' released by the NGO Praja Foundation

NEW DELHI (Taiwan News) --?Each year, more people die of hypertension and diabetes in Delhi than dengue or malaria, says a report on the 'State of Health of Delhi' released by the NGO Praja Foundation.

In 2015, 3,890 hypertension related and 1,356 diabetes-related deaths were reported from hospitals and dispensaries run by the Delhi government and the municipal corporations. In 2014, the figures were 1,962 and 1,762 respectively.?

In the communicable diseases category, tuberculosis took the maximum toll, killing 3,635 people in 2015 and 4,350 people the year before. During 2015, when Delhi had its worst-ever outbreak of dengue, the death figure was 486 compared to 74 in the previous year. Malaria killed 164 in 2015 and 160 in 2014, said the report.?

Diarrhoea affected more Delhi'ites than any of the other seven diseases. On an average, from 2014 to 2016, Delhi saw an average of almost six lakh cases annually and 41% of those who died of diarrhoea were under the age of four.?

"During the last three years when Delhi saw an extremely high number of diarrhoea cases, the civic authorities received a high number of complaints about polluted? water. Issues of water supply constituted 50% of all complaintson civic issues that were lodged in 2016, said the report.??

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