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Non-Communicable Diseases: NPCDCS ... - SIHFW Rajasthan

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Ageing<br />

Progressive and generalized impairment of functions<br />

loss of adaptive response to stress and increasing<br />

risk of age-related diseases.<br />

UN -‘ageing population’ proportion of people over 60<br />

reaches 7 per cent<br />

As per 2001 census people aged 60 and above<br />

constituted about 7.7% of the total population (up<br />

from 6.7 % in 1991).<br />

It is projected to rise to about 172 million by the year<br />

2026 (about 12 % of the total population)<br />

<strong>SIHFW</strong>: An ISO:9001:2008 certified Institution<br />

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