A report from Chinese Health Ministry shows 260 million Chinese — or about 20 percent — suffer from chronic diseases, an increase of 4.9 percent compared to 2003. The figure has been increasing by an average of 10 million every year for the last decade.
Amount of heart disease and cancer cases had doubled, while cases of hypertension and diabetes had tripled.
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China facing growing and costly burden from chronic diseases
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