The Tamil Nadu STEPS Survey-2 aimed at estimating the prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) risk factors has commenced across the State.
This would help the State chalk out interventions to reduce the burden of NCD risk factors.
STEPS Survey 2020 indicated a community prevalence of 33.9% for hypertension, 17.6% for diabetes, and control rate for hypertension (7.3%) and diabetes (10.8%) among patients put on treatment in Tamil Nadu.
Our earlier assessment found a 10.8% control rate for diabetes.
Our target was to increase the control rate of diabetes from 10.8 to 16.8%, and for hypertension, from 7.3 to 10.3%.