The Numbers Are Not a Coincidence
A 2023 study published in the Indian Heart Journal found that nearly 50 percent of heart attack patients admitted to Indian hospitals were under the age of 55, and a significant proportion were under 45. The Global Burden of Disease report has consistently placed India among the countries with the highest premature cardiovascular mortality rates in the world. These are not outliers caused by rare genetic conditions. The pattern is too widespread and too consistent for that explanation to hold.