Behavioral risk factors and non-communicable diseases among adult men in demographically developed states of India: evidence from District  Level Household and Facility Survey-4

ConclusionsThe findings are vital for national commitments and policy instruments, especially in the context of the existing epidemiological transition, which are burdened with a high occurrence of NCDs. They clearly demand programs and services targeting individuals with increased risk of alcohol consumption, a combination of tobacco and alcohol use, and users of multiple substances. It is worth to mentioning that NCDs are a crude measures that does not reveal the reason for the disease. Alcohol consumption, smoking, and chewing tobacco have the lifetime exposure, but NCDs are recurrent events. Therefore, it is recommended that the relationship between behavioral habits and NCDs should be analyse by using longitudinal data instead of cross-sectional data.
Source: Journal of Public Health - Category: Health Management Source Type: research