It focuses on demographic transformation as one of the challenges to human capital and well-being, demonstrating that addressing the major NCDs could contributes to healthy longevity.
- Demographic transformation depicts the changing pattern of mortality, fertility and growth from high to lowers birth/death rates.
- Healthy longevity refers to reducing preventable deaths and disabilities across life, maintaining physical, mental, and social wellbeing into older age.
Key Findings of the Report
- Impact of Non-communicable diseases (NCDs): Like heart disease, diabetes, cancer, etc. cause over 70% of global deaths annually.
- Based on current projections, there will be a rise in overall deaths to 92 million (2050) from 61 million (2023).
- India-related Findings
- NCDs in childhood: Causes about 1.2–4.2 fewer years of completed education.
- Higher out of pocket medical expenditure: Primarily dominated by travel costs.
- Life expectancy: Lowest at the age of 15 among the lowest education groups due to higher death rates during 30–69 years from NCDs.
Major Recommendations to promote healthy longevity
- Life-course approach to NCDs: Prevention and Management of NCDs along with other policy reforms like labor markets, social protection and long-term care.
- Leveraging fiscal tools: Raising taxes on products that damage people’s health like tobacco, etc.
About NCDs
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