It is a universal truth
observed that females out live the males in the world. But the life difference varies from country
to country; continent to continent. This should be true for India also. But it
is not true in general. How? Please read below.
Abridged life tables
(2002-06) of Registrar General of India give the Expectation of Life by sex and
residence for bigger states and All India.
The extract of the same as below:
Name of State
|
State
|
Rural
|
Urban
|
||||||
|
Males
|
Females
|
Difference
|
Males
|
Females
|
Difference
|
Males
|
Females
|
Difference
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
62.9
|
65.5
|
2.6
|
61.7
|
64.3
|
2.6
|
66.1
|
69.4
|
3.3
|
Assam
|
58.6
|
59.3
|
0.7
|
57.7
|
58.3
|
0.6
|
67.1
|
68.3
|
1.2
|
Bihar
|
62.2
|
60.4
|
-1.8
|
61.7
|
59.7
|
-2
|
66.7
|
68.3
|
1.6
|
Gujarat
|
62.9
|
65.2
|
2.3
|
61.7
|
63.7
|
2
|
65.3
|
68.4
|
3.1
|
Haryana
|
65.9
|
66.3
|
0.4
|
65.4
|
65.2
|
-0.2
|
67.4
|
70.7
|
3.3
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
66.5
|
67.3
|
0.8
|
66.4
|
67
|
0.6
|
67.5
|
70.8
|
3.3
|
Karnataka
|
63.6
|
67.1
|
3.5
|
61.8
|
65.6
|
3.8
|
68.1
|
70.5
|
2.4
|
Kerala
|
71.4
|
76.3
|
4.9
|
71.4
|
76.1
|
4.7
|
70.8
|
76.7
|
5.9
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
58.1
|
57.9
|
-0.2
|
56.7
|
56.3
|
-0.4
|
64.2
|
66
|
1.8
|
Maharastra
|
66
|
68.4
|
2.4
|
64
|
66.3
|
2.3
|
69.6
|
72.8
|
3.2
|
Orissa
|
59.5
|
59.6
|
0.1
|
58.8
|
58.8
|
0
|
64.3
|
67.7
|
3.4
|
Punjab
|
68.4
|
70.4
|
2
|
67.7
|
69.2
|
1.5
|
69.7
|
72.7
|
3
|
Rajasthan
|
61.5
|
62.3
|
0.8
|
60.4
|
60.7
|
0.3
|
66.7
|
67.2
|
0.5
|
Tamil Nadu
|
65
|
67.4
|
2.4
|
63.5
|
65.5
|
2
|
67.6
|
71.8
|
4.2
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
60.3
|
59.5
|
-0.8
|
59.7
|
58.5
|
-1.2
|
63.2
|
64.6
|
1.4
|
West Bengal
|
64.1
|
65.8
|
1.7
|
62.6
|
64.3
|
1.7
|
68.9
|
71.3
|
2.4
|
All India
|
62.6
|
64.2
|
1.6
|
61.2
|
62.7
|
1.5
|
67.1
|
70
|
2.9
|
It could be seen that the
saying is true in case of India as a total and also for Urban India, but is not
true for rural Bihar, rural Haryana, rural Madhya Pradesh as well as for rural
Uttar Pradesh. Combining together, one
may say that in case of Indian states, exceptions are Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and
Uttar Pradesh. The differences in life
span do vary from region to region; and state to state.
Kerala
is the state with highest expectation of life at birth for both sexes and Madhya
Pradesh is with lowest expectation of life at birth for both sexes. For males the difference in expected life in
these two states is 13.3 years, whereas for females the difference in expected
life in these two states is 18.4 years.
The difference in rural as well as urban expected lives of males and
females is also highest in case of Kerala state. For India urban females live 2.9 years more
than males, whereas rural females live 1.5 years more than males.
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