China's Multisectoral Approach to Chronic Disease

According to the Chinese noncommunicable chronic diseases (NCD) status report released in January of 2016, over 86% of all deaths in 2012 were due to NCD, an estimated 8.4 million deaths in 1 year [1]. China is home to the largest population in the world as well as to the largest number of NCD patients, but the massive size of the patient population and related health, social, and economic burden is not the only problem in NCD that China faces. The rate of increase in population aging and NCD burden has even outpaced the astonishing rate of economic development since 1978 [2].

Source: CVD Prevention and Control - November 30, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Lijing L. Yan, Lingzhi Kong Tags: Viewpoint Source Type: research