DISEASES OF HEART and blood vessels account for approximately 10-12 million deaths every year. Out of these roughly 2.4 million deaths take place in the India alone. There is virtually an epidemic of heart diseases in the country. Roughly 10% of people in age group of 30 years and above in urban areas and half of them in the rural areas are suffering from blocked arteries. All this translate in to high economic loss to the country and to the individual, as well as loss of life and the attendant miseries.
Almost 140 people out of every 1 lakh population in India die of acute heart attack and this figure is much higher than the rest of the world. In India, the prevalence of blocked arteries of the heart is roughly 2-4 times higher than with other population groups world wide, and this is just not confined to Indians in India but also to Indians in western countries.
The chance of blockages of the arteries of heart and heart....
