LIKE a monster, non-contagious diseases keep on grasping and spreading death. The World Health Organization predicted that in 2005 as many as 35 million people will die from these kinds of illnesses. The amount is double compared to the deaths from contagious diseases in the same year, such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

These are the most deadly non-contagious illnesses in Indonesia:

Stroke

A condition occurring when blood supply to the br