Health, Chronic Diseases

Chronic Diseases

1 、 What is chronic disease?

The full name of chronic disease is chronic non-communicable diseases; it does not refer to a specific disease, but is a general term for a group of diseases with insidious onset, long and persistent course, lack of precise evidence of infectious biological causes, complex etiology, and some have not been fully identified.

2 、 What are the main common chronic diseases?

Cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, among which cardiovascular diseases include hypertension, stroke and coronary heart disease.

3 、 The current situation of chronic diseases in China

There are 260 million people suffering from chronic diseases in China. Chronic diseases account for 85% of the causes of death and 69% of the disease burden in China. Chronic diseases have put great pressure on family life, health service system and public finance, and the impact on low-income people is particularly serious, which has become a serious public health problem and social problem.

Qing Shuihe County Center for Disease Control and Prevention Xuan

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