Health in India
Health in India has improved a lot in the last 50 years.
In 1975 life expectancy was 49.7 years In 2020 it was above 70.[1] By 2018 about 95.76% of Indian households had toilets. Safe drinking water is not available everywhere, but this has improved a lot.
Family planning has been supported by the Indian government since the 1960s. Vasectomy is encouraged.[2]
Ischemic heart disease is the most common cause of death, followed by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , stroke and diabetes. Indian people are more likely to get heart disease because of their genes.[3] Lung disease is linked to air pollution. The 10 most polluted cities in the world are all in northern India. More than 140 million Indians breath air 10 times or more over the WHO safe limit.[4]
Malnutrition is still a big problem. More than one third of the world's malnourished children live in India. This is because of economic inequality. The Global Hunger Index for 2021 put India in the 101st position out of 116 countries.[5] More than 40% of children under the age of 5 in some states are stunted due to malnutrition.[6]
Infectious diseases like dengue fever, hepatitis, tuberculosis, malaria and pneumonia are still common. Curing them has become more difficult with the increase of antibiotic resistance.
155,622 people died in road accidents in India in 2021.[7]
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- ↑ "Life expectancy at birth, total (years) - India | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ Stark Murray, David (1967). India- Which Century. London: Victor Gollancz. p. 144.
- ↑ "Top 10 Killer Diseases in India: What's Killing India?". www.icicilombard.com. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ "Dirty air: how India became the most polluted country on earth". ig.ft.com. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ Team, ClearIAS (2022-11-24). "Malnutrition in India". ClearIAS. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ "Malnutrition-Free India". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ "Rear guard action: on car accident-related deaths". The Hindu. 2022-09-05. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-02-19.