Non-communicable diseases are a major problem in the world today. They are now considered as one of the killer diseases. One in three deaths worldwide is due to non-communicable diseases. It is a chronic and progressive disorder.
Heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, kidney complications, hormonal complications, lung problems, trauma problems—these are non-communicable diseases.
A survey by the World Health Organization in 2014 showed that 59 percent of all deaths in Bangladesh were due to non-communicable diseases. Out of this, 17% of heart disease and stroke, 11% of lung complications. 10 percent in cancer and 3 percent in diabetes alone. 18 percent die of other non-communicable diseases. Risks of non-communicable diseases are increasing gradually in Bangladesh. If this continues, non-communicable diseases will increase at an alarming rate. Non-communicable diseases can never be eradicated.
