Lok Sabha Question No. 836 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-24
Subject: Life Expectancy
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE**

**DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.836**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 24** **TH** **JULY, 2015**

**Life Expectancy**

**836. SHRI PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA:**

Will the Minister of **HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE** be pleased to state whether the life expectancy in the country has increased over the last two decades, if so, the details thereof and the factors responsible for the same indicating the average life expectancy of the people during each of the last 3 census and the current census, gender-wise and State/UT-wise?

**ANSWER**

**THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE**

**(SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)**

Decennial Census does not provide information on life expectancy. Estimated expectation of life at birth, based on the Sample Registration System (SRS), in the country  has increased  from 60.0 years during 1990-94 to 67.5 years during 2009-13 (latest available). State-wise estimates are available only for bigger States.  Estimated expectation of life at birth during the periods 1981-85, 1990-94, 2000-04 and 2009-13 for India and bigger States, gender-wise, are annexed.

Factors responsible for increase in life expectancy include accessible and quality health care services; prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of diseases and life threatening conditions; availability of specialized health care services for pregnant women, children, and senior citizen; accessibility to safe drinking water; improved sanitation; improvement in socio-economic conditions of the people etc.

**Annexure**

**Expectation of life at birth for India and bigger States, gender-wise**

| **Sl. No**                                                                                                                 | **India / State**   | **Period**   |          |            |             |          |            |             |          |            |             |          |            |      |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|--------------|----------|------------|-------------|----------|------------|-------------|----------|------------|-------------|----------|------------|------|
|                                                                                                                            |                     | **1981-85**  |          |            | **1990-94** |          |            | **2000-04** |          |            | **2009-13** |          |            |      |
|                                                                                                                            |                     | **Total**    | **Male** | **Female** | **Total**   | **Male** | **Female** | **Total**   | **Male** | **Female** | **Total**   | **Male** | **Female** |      |
| **India**                                                                                                                  |                     | **55.4**     | **55.4** | **55.7**   | **60.0**    | **59.4** | **60.4**   | **63.9**    | **62.8** | **65.2**   | **67.5**    | **65.8** | **69.3**   |      |
| 1                                                                                                                          | Andhra Pradesh      | 58.4         | 57.2     | 59.8       | 61.2        | 60.1     | 62.2       | 64.6        | 62.3     | 67.1       | 67.9        | 65.5     | 70.4       | 70.4 |
| 2                                                                                                                          | Assam               | 51.9         | 52.0     | 51.9       | 55.1        | 54.6     | 55.8       | 58.8        | 58.2     | 59.6       | 63.3        | 61.9     | 65.1       | 65.1 |
| 3                                                                                                                          | Bihar               | 52.9         | 54.2     | 51.5       | 58.9        | 59.9     | 57.8       | 64.1        | 64.3     | 63.9       | 67.7        | 67.3     | 68.0       | 68.0 |
| 4                                                                                                                          | Gujarat             | 57.6         | 55.5     | 59.3       | 60.5        | 59.4     | 61.4       | 65.6        | 63.7     | 67.6       | 68.2        | 66.0     | 70.5       | 70.5 |
| 5                                                                                                                          | Haryana             | 60.3         | 61.5     | 59.0       | 63.2        | 62.8     | 63.9       | 66.1        | 64.6     | 67.8       | 68.2        | 65.8     | 70.9       | 70.9 |
| 6                                                                                                                          | Himachal Pradesh    | 60.4         | 58.5     | 62.9       | 64.2        | 63.9     | 64.3       | 69.5        | 67.3     | 72.0       | 71.0        | 69.0     | 73.1       | 73.1 |
| 7                                                                                                                          | Jammu & Kashmir     | 60.4         | 60.2     | 60.7       | n.a.        | n.a.     | n.a.       | 67.3        | 65.9     | 68.9       | 72.0        | 70.6     | 74.0       | 74.0 |
| 8                                                                                                                          | Karnataka           | 60.7         | 59.7     | 62.0       | 62.3        | 60.4     | 63.8       | 65.8        | 63.3     | 68.6       | 68.5        | 66.4     | 70.8       | 70.8 |
| 9                                                                                                                          | Kerala              | 68.4         | 65.4     | 71.5       | 72.7        | 69.5     | 75.3       | 73.2        | 70.3     | 76.1       | 74.8        | 71.8     | 77.8       | 77.8 |
| 10                                                                                                                         | Madhya Pradesh      | 51.6         | 51.5     | 51.9       | 54.5        | 54.4     | 54.5       | 59.3        | 58.6     | 60.0       | 63.8        | 62.3     | 65.5       | 65.5 |
| 11                                                                                                                         | Maharashtra         | 60.7         | 59.6     | 62.1       | 64.5        | 63.3     | 65.5       | 67.5        | 65.8     | 69.2       | 71.3        | 69.4     | 73.4       | 73.4 |
| 12                                                                                                                         | Odisha              | 53.0         | 53.1     | 53.0       | 55.9        | 56.2     | 55.7       | 60.4        | 59.3     | 61.5       | 64.8        | 63.8     | 65.9       | 65.9 |
| 13                                                                                                                         | Punjab              | 63.1         | 62.6     | 63.6       | 67.0        | 65.7     | 67.9       | 68.3        | 67.2     | 69.5       | 71.1        | 69.1     | 73.4       | 73.4 |
| 14                                                                                                                         | Rajasthan           | 53.5         | 53.3     | 53.8       | 58.6        | 58.0     | 59.1       | 64.1        | 62.6     | 65.6       | 67.5        | 65.4     | 70.0       | 70.0 |
| 15                                                                                                                         | Tamil Nadu          | 56.9         | 56.5     | 57.4       | 62.9        | 61.8     | 63.9       | 66.7        | 65.3     | 68.2       | 70.2        | 68.2     | 72.3       | 72.3 |
| 16                                                                                                                         | Uttar Pradesh       | 50.0         | 51.4     | 48.5       | 56.5        | 56.8     | 55.6       | 60.5        | 60.4     | 60.7       | 63.8        | 62.5     | 65.2       | 65.2 |
| 17                                                                                                                         | West Bengal         | 57.4         | 56.4     | 58.0       | 61.6        | 61.1     | 62.3       | 66.8        | 65.3     | 68.5       | 69.9        | 68.5     | 71.6       | 71.6 |
| n.a. – Not Availabe    Source : SRS Based Abridged Life Table – Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India |                     |              |          |            |             |          |            |             |          |            |             |          |            |      |