chandigarh women in mohali have the highest body mass index bmi in the tricity exceeding the national average too according to national family health survey5 data that further showed men in panchkula have the highest blood glucose levels out of the three citieselevated hypertension in men and women in panchkula is the least while in hypertension mohali leads but the levels of both panchkula and chandigarh were higher than the national average according to the datapunjab has been seeing a lot of hypertension cases which are on the rise due to dietary conditions and sedentary lifestyle one of the factors in high bmi said prof sonu goel department of community medicine and school for public health pgia total of 489 women in mohali have bmi more than or equal to 25 kgsq metre which indicates obesityoverweight which was 394 in 201516 nfhs4 survey chandigarh is closer with 439 which was 415 in nfhs4 while panchkula had 399 in this years survey which was 229 in nfhs4the high blood glucose levels data in panchkula indicates that the residents present to the hospital at a later stage with high cumulative glycemic blood glucose burden as opposed to residents in mohali and chandigarh who come to doctors early said prof anil bhansali former head of the endocrinology department pgithe levels of elevated hypertension is 262 in men in panchkula 34 in mohali and 306 in chandigarh the national average is 24 while in women the elevated hypertension is 25 in chandigarh 243 in panchkula and 277 in mohali the national average is 213besides noncommunicable parameters there has been an overall rise in caesarian section deliveries in public hospitals in the tricity while there were 308 csection deliveries in public hospitals in panchkula which was 104 in nfhs4 there were 346 such deliveries in mohali and 304 in chandigarh in the previous survey there were 195 c section deliveries in public health facilities in chandigarh and 203 in mohaliut contests sex ratio datathe ut health department has contested the nfhs5 sex ratio at the time of birth shown as 838 in nfhs5 data as per the registrar of births and deaths chandigarh the sex ratio at the time of birth is 935 from april to september 2021 the ut said it was 955 in 202021 950 in 201920 920 in 201819 and 910 in 201718 considering altogether different statistics given in the nfhs5 the matter is being taken up with the authorities for reconciliation of the data said yashpal garg health secretary ut