In a 2017 report of India Council of Medical Research ICMR, it has been observed that the disease burden due to communicable, diseases, dropped from 61 per cent to 33 per cent between 1990 and 2016 and in the same period, disease burden from noncommunicable diseases increased from 30 per cent to 55 per cent
तर याच काळात संसर्गजन्य आजारांचे प्रमाण 61 टक्क्यांवरुन 33 टक्क्यांपर्यंत कमी झाल्याचे भारतीय वैद्यकीय संशोधन परिषदेच्या 2017 सालच्या अहवालात नमूद करण्यात आल्याचे उपराष्ट्रपती म्हणाले.