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An Indian life
Life expectancy in our nation.
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India by the Numbers: According to the Population Reference Bureau's 2000 World Data Sheets, life expectancy at birth for Indians
is between 60 and 61 years. This was also confirmed by the most recent Census of India in 2001.
Only 4% of our population is over the age of 65%. In parts of the world with much better access to medicine and healthcare, these numbers are substantially higher. In Japan, for example, nearly 17% of the population is aged over 65 years. And the average Japanese, with a life-expectancy of 80 years, lives fully a third longer than the average Indian.
Region
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Life Expectancy at Birth
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Population > 65 years
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World
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66 years
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7%
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India
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60 - 61 years
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4%
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Japan
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77 - 84 years
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17%
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State-wise data are included below; more indicators can be found in the "FACTFILE" section on the homepage for
each state.
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STATE TOTAL MALE FEMALE
Andhra Pradesh 63.1 61.6 64.1
Assam 57.2 57.1 57.6
Bihar 60.2 60.7 58.9
Gujarat 62.8 61.9 63.7
Haryana 64.5 64.1 65.0
Himachal Pradesh 65.6 65.1 65.8
Karnataka 64.0 62.4 65.5
Kerala 73.5 70.6 76.1
Madhya Pradesh 56.4 56.5 56.2
Maharastra 65.8 64.5 67.0
Orissa 57.7 57.6 57.8
Punjab 68.1 66.9 69.1
Rajastan 60.5 59.8 60.9
Tamilnadu 64.6 63.7 65.7
Uttar Pradesh 58.4 58.9 57.7
West Bengal 63.4 62.8 64.3
India 61.7 60.8 62.5
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Source: Registrar General of India (2003) SRS Based Abridged Lefe Tables, SRS Analytical Studies, Report No. 3 of 2003, New Delhi:
Registrar General of India. The data is for the 1995-99 period; states subsequently divided are therefore included in their
pre-partition states (Chhatisgarh in MP, Uttaranchal in UP and Jharkhand in Bihar).
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