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- In China, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is currently the leading cause of death in China, Every year, CVD kills 2.6 million people in China, or 300 people on average every hour. By 2020, this figure is projected to increase to 4 million deaths per year. The South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal account for about a quarter of the world's population and contribute the highest proportion of cardiovascular diseases compared with any other region globally. South Asians suffer their first heart attacks at 53, six years earlier than people anywhere else. In Hong Kong, heart diseases have been the third leading cause of death since 1960s. In 2014, the number of deaths due to coronary heart disease was 4,293, accounting for 9.4% of all registered deaths. On the other hand, it is estimated by WHO that diabetes will be the world's seventh largest killer by 2030. The three countries with the greatest number of people with diabetes are, and will continue to be, India, China and the USA. Asia has the largest diabetic population in the world. In 2010, approximately 135 million adults affected by diabetes in Asia.
- From Bloomberg News on Sept 3, 2013 : Chinese ‘Catastrophe’ Hits 114 Million as Diabetes Spreads : by Jason Gale and Lena Lee
The most comprehensive nationwide survey for diabetes ever conducted in China shows 11.6 % of adults or 114 million have diabetes, findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
“Diabetes in China has become a catastrophe,” said Paul Zimmet, honorary president of the International Diabetes Federation and director emeritus of the BakerIDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne.
This result means diabetes is now more common in China than in the U.S., where 11.3 percent of adults suffer from the disease.
“China is now among the countries with the highest diabetes prevalence in Asia and has the largest absolute disease burden of diabetes in the world,” wrote authors led by Guang Ning in the laboratory for endocrine and metabolic diseases at the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
- Soil pollution is the main cause of farm product contamination. At least 10% of the mainland rice from various provinces in China contained excessive amounts of cadmium, a heavy metal that can cause bone problems, high blood pressure and cancer if too much is consumed. (Source : South China Morning Post on Feb 16, 2011)
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