Health – Fact File

• Rural residents of Madhya Pradesh and Delhi face 70% and 55% chances, respectively, of being prescribed the wrong treatment. • 200 grams of white rice would approx contain 420 calories. • Cancer killed 5,56,400 people across the country in 2010. • Tobacco-related cancers accounted for 42% of all male deaths and 18.3% of female deaths. • The human body is home to some 1,000 species of bacteria • The average person sheds up to 10g of dead skin a week and up to 18kg in their lifetime. • Rate of breastfeeding is only 39% in developing countries. • Non-communicable diseases account for 80% of deaths among adult women. • Around 20% of the world`s children and adolescents are estimated to have mental disorders. Compiled By Praveen PJ