Mizoram has one of the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the country with 23.2 out of every 1,000 people being infected with the virus, state health and family welfare minister Lalrinpuii informed the state assembly on March 8.
In a written reply to a question from MLA K Beichhua of the BJP, Lalrinpuii said as the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) does not give out information on the state of HIV/AIDS, except for HIV estimation, it is not possible to have data on positivity rates of other states.
“However, as per the report of the HIV estimation in 2023, Mizoram has the highest adult prevalence (among the 15 to 49 age group) which is 2.32 per cent,” she said.
The minister said cancer remains the biggest killer among the non-communicable diseases in the state with 374 people, including 147 women succumbing to different forms of cancer during 2022-2023.
She said cerebrovascular disease is the second biggest killer among the non-communicable diseases resulting in the deaths of 186 people, including 65 women, followed by hypertensive disease which killed 111 people including 35 people during the same period.
The fourth killer is ischaemic heart disease which caused the deaths of 18 people during 2022-2023.
She also informed the assembly that 2,272 tuberculosis-infected people have been detected during 2023-2024 of which 108 died.
