India: Health of the Nation’s States

This report is a collaborative effort between the Indian Council of Medical Research, Public Health Foundation of India and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. It presents Disease Burden Trends in the States of India from 1990 to 2016.

Key Findings

• Life expectancy at birth improved in India from 59.7 years in 1990 to 70.3 years in 2016 for females, and from 58.3 years to 66.9 years for males, with continuing inequalities between states.
• The per person disease burden measured as DALYs rate dropped by 36% from 1990 to 2016 in India.
• While the disease burden rate in India has ....