Abstract
Background: Located to the south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys, Assam is thegateway to north east India. Covering an area of 78,438 km sq., the state is inhabited by a multi-ethnic, multi-linguisticand multi-religious society. In the present study we intend to throw some light on the prevalence of non-communicablediseases (NCDs) in this most important state of north-east.Method: The main objective was to examine the effect of socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle behaviour, householdstatus and contextual characteristics among adults (aged 30 and above) of Assam. We used data from Indian HumanDevelopment Survey (IHDS II). Logistic regression was applied to attain the study objective.Conclusion: Age and gender; education, smokeless tobacco consumption were found to be significantly associated withthe presence of NCDs. A lot of research has been carried out to understand the prevalence of NCD in India, but theeffect of various factors remains somewhat unexplained at the state level. There is need of more in depth studies to solvethe ever-growing burden of NCDs at the state level. The present study and its findings could be effectively utilized toconsider conducting similar studies for other Indian states as well.
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