The life expectancy of women in several Indian states is higher than that of men, UNFPA's India Ageing Report 2023 has revealed. The report sheds the light on current population aging scenario and the demographic, and socio-economic status of the elderly population.
As per the data revealed by UNFPA, the life expectancy of women at 60 years is greater than 20 years in states such as Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. Life expectancy at 60 years reflects the average number of years that a person of 60 years could expect to live, based on the sex- and age-specific death rates prevailing at the time, it explains.