Hypertension, the new killer of the new Economy....

Due to globalisation and a stressful working environment hypertension threatens to wallop the work force in India. According to a survey, 65 million people were affected by hypertension in 2008 in India and that in the years ahead it was likely to see a quantum leap of over 135 million to touch a figure of 200 million by 2015.

India is losing its potentially productive years due to increasing heart diseases, strokes and diabetes in the age group of 35-60, one of the highest in the world, according to the report.

In the absence of proper facilities to mitigate propensities leading to tensions and high blood pressures, chronic diseases accounted for 53 per cent of deaths in the country and this was expected to go up to 60 per cent by 2015 and 66 per cent by 2020. According to the report, 4 million deaths in 1990 were due to chronic diseases and the same was likely to touch a figure of 7 million by 2015.

What Should I Do?

There is a saying which goes like..... TO CONTROL SOMETHING, YOU FIRST NEED TO MEASURE IT!!!