Give an account on life expectancy of india
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India has seen an improvement in overall life expectancy at birth to 69 years, with women expected to live for 70.4 years and men for 67.8 years, according to the latest Sample Registration Survey (SRS) for 2013-17.
The overall life expectancy grew from 68.7 years in 2012-16, when life expectancy for women was 70.2 years and that for men was 67.4 years.
Life expectancy for women was 73.70 years in urban centres and 69 in rural areas while the comparative figures for men were 71.20 years and 66.40 years, respectively, as per the SRS report released by the Registrar General of India.
"There is a difference of about 2.6 years in female-male life expectancy at birth at the national level, with the highest difference been recorded at about 6.2 years for Uttarakhand," says the SRS report for 2013-17.
The global life expectancy is expected to increase to 77.1 years by 2050, as per the UN report.
India also continues to grapple with a wide variation in life expectancy in different states, pointing to the huge gulf in basic amenities available to the residents. Delhiborn males and Kerala-born females stood the best chance of living the longest in the country, with life expectancy of 73.3 years and 77.8 years respectively at birth. In contrast, men born in Chhattisgarh and women born in Uttar Pradesh appeared to have the worst odds, with life expectancy of 63.8 years and 65.60 years respectively at birth.