World Heart Day - September 24
World Cancer Day February 4
September 22 World Rose Day
(Welfare of Cancer Patients)
Non - communicable diseases kill more than 3.6 crore people each year.
Mostly a bane of middle & low income countries, they share 4 risk factors:
1. Tobacco use
2. Physical inactivity
3. The harmful use of alcohol
4. Unhealthy diets.
Here are the biggest 4 villains:
Heart disease 48 %
Respiratory Diseases 12%
Cancers 21%
Diabetes 3%
Src: WHO
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