shock! There are actually these misunderstandings about chronic diseases

Chronic diseases mainly affect high-income countries

The main players of chronic diseases are cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes, especially cardiovascular disease and metabolic diseases, which are always associated with "rich diseases", as if they can only be caused by a high-fat diet and a lack of exercise in high-income developed countries. In fact, 80% of deaths from chronic diseases occur in developing countries!

Low- and middle-income countries should control infectious diseases first, then deal with chronic diseases

In fact, in countries like China where the per capita income is not high, the incidence of infectious diseases has been controlled at a relatively stable level, but the incidence of chronic diseases is rising. Among the causes of death among Chinese people, chronic diseases account for 87%, while infectious, maternal, perinatal and nutritional diseases together account for only 5%.

People with good economic conditions will suffer from chronic diseases

This misunderstanding is similar to the 10th one. Even some doctors have left messages saying that they cannot understand why low-income rural people or migrant workers have such a high risk of suffering from cardiovascular disease or diabetes.

In fact, according to statistics from the World Health Organization, in most areas, poor people with poor economic conditions are more likely to suffer from chronic diseases than rich people, and the heavy economic burden of chronic diseases will push individuals and families into the abyss of poverty.