
India's life expectancy rises but diabetes and hypertension rate still too high: Report
As per the National Health Profile 2019 released on Wednesday, life expectancy in India has increased from 49.7 years in 1970-75 to 68.7 years in 2012-16 but out of 6.51 crore patients who attended NCD clinics, 4.75 per cent people are diagnosed with diabetes and 6.19 per cent are diagnosed with hypertension.

