What is Health in India?
'''Health in India''' has improved a lot in the last 50 years. In 1975 [[life expectancy]] was 49.7 years In 2020 it was above 70.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Life expectancy at birth, total (years) - India {{!}} Data|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN?locations=IN|access-date=2023-02-19|website=data.worldbank.org}}</ref> By 2018 about 95.76% of Indian households had toilets. Safe drinking water is not available everywhere, but this has improved a lot. [[Birth control|Family planning]] has been supported by the Indian government since the 1960s. [[Vasectomy]] is encouraged.<ref>{{Cite book|title=India- Which Century|url=https://archive.org/details/indiawhichcentur0000davi|last=Stark Murray|first=David|publisher=Victor Gollancz|year=1967|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/indiawhichcentur0000davi/page/144 144]}}</ref> [[Heart disease|Ischemic heart disease]] is the most common cause of death, followed by [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]] , [[stroke]] and [[Diabetes mellitus|diabetes]]. Indian people are more likely to get heart disease because of their [[gene]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Top 10 Killer Diseases in India: What's Killing India?|url=https://www.icicilombard.com/blogs/health-insurance/hi/whats-killing-india-knowing-top-10-killer-death-diseases-in-india|access-date=2023-02-19|website=www.icicilombard.com}}</ref> Lung disease is linked to air [[pollution]]. The 10 most polluted cities in the world are all in northern India. More than 140 million Indians breath air 10 times or more over the [[World Health Organization|WHO]] safe limit.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dirty air: how India became the most polluted country on earth|url=https://ig.ft.com/india-pollution|access-date=2023-02-19|website=ig.ft.com|language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Malnutrition]] is still a big problem. More than one third of the world's malnourished children live in India. This is because of [[economic inequality]]. The [[Global Hunger Index]] for 2021 put India in the 101st position out of 116 cou