Prevalence of risk factors and estimation of 10-year risk for cardiovascular diseases among male adult population of Tamil Nadu India-an insight from the National Family Health Survey-5.

16 Similarly, an increasing trend in mortality was observed in the state accounting for 21% of deaths in 1990 and 36% in 2016 with a homogenous rise of 69% due to CVD. 17 Some studies have assessed the prevalence of NCDs in Tamil Nadu, 18 , 19 , 20 but only a few studies assessed the prevalence of risk factors for NCDs, 21 , 22 especially for CVDs among male adults.

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