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To: Metacomet who wrote (249296)	4/18/2014 10:52:29 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 543351

re......Chinese Health Stats.................... non-communicable diseases account for an estimated 80% of total deaths and 70% of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost in China. Cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory disease and cancer are the leading causes of both death and the burden of disease, and exposure to risk factors is high: more than 300 million men smoke cigarettes and 160 million adults are hypertensive, most of whom are not being treated. An obesity epidemic is imminent, with more than 20% of children aged 7–17 years in big cities now overweight or obese. Rates of death from chronic disease in middle-aged people are higher in China than in some high-income countries. [1 In China, as in many other parts of the world, the government has focused on communicable diseases— however, China now has a "double burden" of disease. The prevention of chronic diseases is now receiving a national response commensurate with the burden.