Prevalence of Non - Communicable Diseases Among Elderly Population in Northern State of India

Background: To assess the prevalence of non -communicable diseases (NCDs) among the elderly population in two health blocks of the district Kangra in Himachal Pradesh, India.This was a cross -sectional study selected randomly one Urban and one Rural. As per the geographical train of HP 75% population was taken from rural area by considering village as one cluster and 25% population was taken from urban area considering ward as one cluster by applying population proportion size technique (PPS). Sample size was calculated by using the formula 4PQ/e 2. By applying the above formula the desired sample size comes out to be 681, If the nonresponse rate in the study population = 10%, the desired sample size will be 750. Aim & objective: To estimate the Prevalence of Non -Communicable Diseases Among Elderly Population in Northern state of India. Material & Methods: This community -based crosssectional study was conducted in the hilly area of HP, India, with 750 elderly subjects (60 years and above) selected for the study by an appropriate sampling procedure. A self -administered structured Questionnaire for interview and examination was implemented. In this data regarding social determinants of health of individual was collected. Results: It was observed that prehypertension was more in urban area, Stage I hypertensive subjects in urban area were 40 (21%) & in rural areawere 128 (22.45%), while stage II hypertension was observed in 36 (18.94%) & 95 (16.66%) of study subjects in urban & rural area respectively.It was seen that 19.47% (37/190) study participants in urban area had asthma, while 26.31% (150/570) in rural area were suffering from disease, Coronary artery disease was twice in rural area 8.77% (50/570) as compared to urban subjects 4.73% (9/190) CVA cases was almost equal in both the areas 3.68% (21/570) and 3.15% (6/190) in rural & urban area respectively.There was no cancerous condition seen in urban area while only 0.17% (1/570) of study subjects in rural area had cancer.