India has launched a National Stroke Registry Programme to generate "reliable data on the magnitude and incidence of stroke" and to follow the "patterns of care in patients" with the long-term goal of improving epidemiological and clinical research in the country. According to the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010, stroke is the leading cause of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in southeast Asia. In 2004, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) estimated that among all the non-communicable diseases, stroke caused around 41% of deaths and 72% of DALYs in India.
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