Non-infectious diseases kill 400,000 Vietnamese per year
Infectious diseases kill about 300 people per year, whereas non-infectious infectious diseases kill about 400,000 ones, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long. He was speaking during a conference to discuss the prevention and control of non-infectious diseases held in HCM City on May 8. Despite the Ministry of Health’s efforts in controlling non-infectious diseases, Long said, the incidence of such diseases in Việt Nam had reached alarming levels. As many as 70 per cent of the fatalities every year is caused by non-infectious diseases, of whom 40 per cent are under 70 years old.
