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Every two seconds, 1 person under 70 dies of noncommunicable diseases in world: WHO

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Every two seconds, 1 person under 70 dies of noncommunicable diseases in world: WHO
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New Delhi, September 22: Ailments relating to the heart, cancer, diabetes and respiratory diseases claim the lives of every one person every two seconds under the age of 70, according to a World Health Organisation. Almost nine out of ten of these deaths occur in low and middle-income nations. "Millions of people - especially in lower-income settings - cannot access the prevention, treatment and care that could prevent or delay noncommunicable diseases and their consequences. Every year 17 million people under the age of 70 die of NCDs, and 86 per cent of them live in low-and middle-income countries," the report stated.
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