Daijiworld Media Network - New Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 13: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, stroke, and diabetes have overtaken infectious diseases as the primary causes of death and disability worldwide, according to a major global study published in The Lancet and presented at the World Health Summit in Berlin.

Drawing on data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) project, the study found that nearly two-thirds of all global mortality and morbidity in 2023 was due to NCDs. This marks a dramatic shift from previous decades, when infectious diseases were the dominant health threats.

In 1990, diarrhoeal diseases were the leading cause of death, with an age-standardised mortality rate (ASMR) of 300.53 per 100,000 people. By contrast, in 2023, ischaemic heart disease

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