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Non-communicable Diseases

Candra Bumi
What are NCDs?
• NCD is a medical condition or disease, which is
not infectious

• NCDs are diseases or medical conditions with


long duration and relatively slow progression

• NCDs are usually called “Chronic Diseases”


Why NCDs Are Important in Public Health?

• 57 million deaths that occurred globally in


2008
• 36 million – 63.2%, almost two thirds – were
due to NCDs
• 9 million death that occurred among people
under age 60
• mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancers,
diabetes and chronic lung diseases

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