By Steve A. Morrell
Life expectancy in Sri Lanka is now at 74 years and rising. However, attendant progress is marred by urbanization, smoking and alcohol consumption among men, mainly. These attendant risk factors completely nullified progress in health care achieved since 1920, says Julie McLaughlin Sector Manager, Health, Nutrition, and Population of the World Bank.
"Life expectancy for women made steady progress but such gains are not enlisted for men because of described social mores causing serious affectation ultimately resulting in Non Communicable Diseases. (NCD)", she told a press conference in Colombo last week.
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