TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - Prevalence of hypertension among rural adult population of kancheepuram, tamil nadu JO - Indian journal of public health research and development A1 - Nambi, S. A1 - Sivashankar, P. SP - 1412 EP - 1416 VL - 10 IS - 11 N2 - Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a cluster of heart and blood vessel illnesses that include heart disease, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, rheumatic heart illness, congenital heart illness, profound vein thrombosis, and lung embolism. Cardio-vascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of suicide worldwide and an approximately 17.7 million individuals died from CVD in 2015, comprising 31% of all fatalities worldwide. CVD is the leading source of morbidity and mortality in India and accounts for 25% of all fatalities and is expected to improve to 50%. The cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the prevalence of hypertension among the Kancheepuram District rural age population, Tamil Nadu. © 2019, Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development. All rights reserved.
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LA - en SN - 0976-0245 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0976-5506.2019.03728.8 ID - ref1 ER -