Youngsters across Kashmir grappling with Hypertension: Survey

Youngsters across Kashmir grappling with Hypertension: Survey

Decades of braving conflict, curfews, lockdowns, deaths and physical injuries have definitely cost Kashmir its health as the latest round of National Family Health Survey(NFHS) has revealed that J&K has 18.9 percent men and 20 percent women in the above 15 age group who are battling hypertension. While 21.3% of women and 24% of men aged above 15 have hypertension in India, J&K has 20% women and 18.9% men in the same age group (above 15) who have hypertension. In the pre-hypertensive category, while the prevalence is 39 percent women…

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