The burden of risk factors for non-communicable disease in rural Bihar, India: a comparative study with national health surveys

• Main Authors: Stephanie Ross (Author), Kashika Chadha (Author), Shantanu Mishra (Author), Sarah Lewington (Author), Sasha Shepperd (Author), Toral Gathani (Author), on behalf of the NCDRI study collaborators (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing in rural India. The National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5) provides estimates of the burden of NCDs and their risk factors in women aged 15-49 and men aged 15-54 years. The aim of this study is to estimate the prev...