Heart ailments killed 8,836 in 2007-08
Of 98,908 deaths reg istered in 2006 in the national capital, nearly 10 per cent were due to heart ailments or heart attacks, a strong reason to believe that Delhiites need to change their lifestyle. According to the Economic Survey of Delhi, 2007-08, around 8,836 people died due to heart diseases, mainly been due to unhealthy lifestyles besides habits of eating food with high calories. Diabetes Mellitus, often dubbed as another lifestyle disease, claimed 5,296 lives.