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Nine out of 10 individuals who underwent health check up analysis of healthcare diagnostics firm Thyrocare Technologies Limited showed early signs of at least one health condition and a majority exhibiting multiple overlapping risk factors. The company launched its Bharat Aarogyam Score, a real-world preventive health analysis, based on over 93 lakh health checkups conducted between 2023 and 2025.
The Bharat Aarogyam Score evaluates 10 key health condition groups, including cancer risk indicators, diabetes (HbA1c), heart health (non-HDL cholesterol, triglycerides), low haemoglobin, iron status, kidney function (creatinine, eGFR, uric acid, blood urea nitrogen), liver function (bilirubin direct, GGT, SGOT, SGPT), thyroid function (TSH), vitamin D deficiency, and vitamin B12 deficiency.
Rahul Guha, MD & CEO, Thyrocare, shared, "India is not sick, India is unaware. Our data from 93 lakh annual health checkups tells us that 9 out of 10 people carry silent health risks they know nothing about. A country cannot be healthy by accident. Prevention must become a habit, not an afterthought and that shift begins the moment someone knows their numbers. The opportunity for India isn’t better hospitals. It’s better awareness.”
The report further highlights that health risks rarely occur in isolation, said the company. As per the analysis, more than nine in 10 individuals show risk for at least one condition, over eight in 10 for at least two conditions, over six in 10 for at least three conditions, nearly four in 10 for at least four conditions and nearly two in 10 for five or more conditions, indicating that multiple health risks are becoming increasingly common.
The analysis also show that the rise in non-communicable disease risk starts earlier than commonly perceived, particularly for heart health and diabetes. Both conditions show a sharp uptick in the 21–40-year age group, with heart risk doubling by the 30s and diabetes risk more than doubling by the 40s. Kidney risk nearly doubles after age 60, while thyroid imbalance shows a steady upward trend across age groups. Together, these patterns indicate that health risks build gradually over time, highlighting the importance of early and regular preventive assessment, it added.
Health risk trends have remained largely stable from 2023 to 2025, indicating no major shifts in overall disease prevalence. Analysis of gender-based health risks shows that low haemoglobin prevalence is ~2.5× higher in females as against males. Males show 1.5× higher prevalence of liver marker abnormalities as compared to females. Contrary to common perception, thyroid imbalance is only 1.4× higher in females as compared to males, while Vitamin B12 deficiency is 1.4× higher in males as against females.
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