Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common type of heart disease and cause of heart attack. The risk of coronary heart disease increases as age increases. Middle aged adults are mostly affected by CHD. Although coronary heart disease incidences is increasing, it can be highly preventable as it is caused by many modifiable risk factors like smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, stress, high blood pressure etc. For prevention and reduction of the burden of coronary heart disease it is essential that people have knowledge of risks of Coronary heart disease so that they assume themselves at risk and adopt measures to prevent the disease. In the present study an attempt has been made to find out the knowledge level of population of Jorhat district of Assam towards risk factors of CHD. From the study it is observed that irrespective of sex both male (34.70%) and female (35.06%) maximum percentage of population had low level of knowledge regarding general nutrition. Majority of male (32.09%) and female (33.76%) respondents had low level overall knowledge about the risk factors. It is also recorded that the irrespective of sex the respondents had low level of existing knowledge regarding risk factors viz., diabetes, obesity and diet and risk factors of CHD. While in respect of hypertension, majority of respondents both male (38.06%) and female (36.53%) had medium level of existing knowledge. The incidence of CHD is likely to increase further because of rapid urbanization and its accompanying lifestyle changes. Therefore, there is an immediate need to raise awareness among the general population about these risk factors, promote the correct diet and physical activity.

Keywords: Coronary heart disease (CHD); Risk-factors; Knowledge level