Lok Sabha Question No. 990 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-29
Subject: Lifestyle Diseases among Tribal Population
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: ABHISHEK SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RESEARCH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 990 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH APRIL, 2016

## LIFESTYLE DISEASES A MONG TRIBAL POPULATI ON

## 990. SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has    conducted  any  study  to  the  incidence  of  lifestyle  di among tribal population in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reaso s ther for;
- (c) the details of the tribal deaths due to various lifestyle diseases during the last t the current year; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to curb the occurrence of lifestyle diseases among t

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a ) & ( b) : The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has conducted following studies on lifestyle diseases among the tribal population:
- i)  Non - Communic able  Diseases  (NCD)  risk  factor  survey  under  Integrated  Disease surveillance  Programme  (IDSP)  survey  in  2007 - 2008  was  completed  in  Mizoram  in males  and  females  aged  between  15 - 64  years,  residing  in  urban  and  rural  areas  and collected information on tobacco , alcohol, diet, physical activity, hypertension and bod weight;
- ii) Several studies have been done at Andaman & Nicobar Islands since 2007; and iii) The National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad, conducted a survey on Di Nutritional Status of Tribal Population and Prevalence of Hypertension among adults in the year 2009.
- (c) : The ICMR stated that no such information is available on the deaths due to var lifestyle diseases on a routine basis. However, a preliminary analysis of 204 deaths occ 2014  in  Nicobar  district  showed  that  71%  were  caused  on  Non - Communicable  Diseases. Circulatory system disease were the cause of death 23% and respiratory system disease in deaths. About 8% of the deaths were caused by neoplasms, 4% by kidney diseases and 5% by

diabetesmellitus.  Between  the  year  2015 - 2016,  in  Sikkim,  Non - Communicable  Diseases accounted for 71% deaths, Koraput district, Odisha 55% and Lunglei district, Mizoram 71% persons aged between 32 - 70 years.

(d) : ICMR has established the 'Tribal Health Research Forum' in which ICMR Institutes conduct health research on various issues, including lifestyle diseases. The Forum works with  local  health  and  tribal  authorities  and  shares  findings  suitable  for  implementat program.

The  Ministry  of  He alth  and  Family  Welfare,  Government  of  India  has  launched  the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular disease Stroke  (NPCDCS)  during  2010 - 12  covering  all  the  States  and  UTs  of  India.  The  focus  of NPCDCS  is  on  p romotion  of  healthy  lifestyle,  early  diagnosis  and  management  of  diabet hypertension, cardiovascular disease and common cancers, e.g., cervix cancer, breast canc oral cancer.

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