Table 3.

Distribution of age at onset of non-communicable diseases in India, 2004 and 2018

Age at onset in 2004							Age at onset in 2018
Sr. No.	Disease	P25	Median	P75	Mean	95% CI	P25	Median	P75	Mean	95% CI	Median test 2004–2018 Pearson chi2 (p value)	Change in median age of onset (2018–2004)
1	Diabetes	50	58	65	57	56.91–58.01	46	53	60	53	52.81–53.36	172.77 (0.000)	− 5
2	Hypertensions	52	61	67	57	56.62–57.7	47	55	62	55	54.33–54.90	256.91 (0.000)	− 6
3	Heart disease	47	58	67	55	53.74–55.39	45	55	64	54	53.29–54.66	5.47 (0.019)	− 3
4	Asthma	46	61	68	53	52.28–54.35	40	54	64	51	49.48–51.56	58.02 (0.000)	− 7
5	Genitourinary	27	37	54	38	37.00–39.05	27	39	52	41	39.79–42.57	27.77 (0.000)	+ 2
6	Cancer	35	48	61	48	45.81–49.73	41	54	58	50	48.55–51.42	6.72 (0.01)	+ 6
7	Neurological	26	45	63	43	41.82–44.54	34	46	59	45	43.82–45.61	1.48 (0.223)	+ 1
8	Mental disease	23	35	51	37	34.92–39.18	16	28	44	31	28.86–32.83	0.0012 (0.972)	− 7
9	Blood disease	21	38	58	33	30.22–36.54	20	45	60	42	39.29–43.87	4.01 (0.045)	+ 7
10	Eye disease	53	64	70	57	55.84–57.56	29	50	65	46	44.34–48.44	81.19 (0.000)	− 14
11	Bone disease	49	61	68	56	55.46–56.73	48	56	64	55	54.73–55.79	170.97 (0.000)	− 5
12	Injury/accident	19	36	55	34	32.56–34.95	20	40	57	39	37.65–39.93	18.26 (0.000)	+ 4