Chennai people needs to be more cautious as a silent killer is on the loose. In past five years, most of the people have lost their lives to heart ailments. As per Chennai Corporation records, 54% of them passed away due to heart failure. The news came as a shock when this news was revealed.
A leading doctor from Apollo hospitals said, "Awareness is definitely needed. There is huge difference between natural deaths and mortality caused by heart related ailments.
If you look at world medical literature, mortality due to heart diseases is not unique to Chennai alone. While one reason could be because of the parallel increase in risk factors such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes, the spiral may also seem huge because of the drop in deaths caused by communicable diseases."
The doctor also said about 25 percent of deaths occur between the age group 25-50 due to heart related diseases. As per Chennai corporation statistical data, Out of 32339 people, 18816 were men and 13523 were women. The difference is due to the influence of sex hormones.
