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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Adivasis, Dalits & Muslims life expectancy lower than upper caste Hindus, reveals study -GS Mudur

Adivasis, Dalits & Muslims life expectancy lower than upper caste Hindus, reveals study -GS Mudur

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published Published on Mar 3, 2022   modified Modified on Mar 3, 2022

-The Telegraph

The three population groups number above 450 million, or a population greater than that of the US

New Delhi: Adivasis, Dalits and Muslims in India have lower life expectancy than higher caste Hindus, a study has found, underlining how social exclusion and discrimination might be contributing to health disparities.

Life expectancy is on an average about four years shorter in Adivasis, three years shorter in Dalits and around a year shorter in Muslims compared with higher caste Hindus, according to the study that three US researchers conducted on the basis of Indian government data.

The shorter life expectancy for Adivasis and Dalits is similar to the Black-White gap in the US and the Arab-Jew gap in Israel, economist-demographer Sangita Vyas at the University of Texas, Austin, and her co-workers said in their study.

Researchers have for decades known about the adverse health impacts of social disadvantages — populations disadvantaged through socio-economic status are likelier to experience adverse health outcomes, including premature deaths, compared with better-off groups.

But while socio-economic status accounts for about three quarters of the life expectancy gap between Black and White Americans, they account for only about half the observed gap between Adivasis and Dalits and higher caste Hindus.

The gaps in India persisted even after the researchers accounted for differences in wealth, rural residence and environmental exposure, indicating that other factors — linked to caste, identity and religion — too contributed to shorter life expectancy.

“The findings suggest that population health interventions that explicitly challenge social disadvantage are essential because addressing economic inequality may not be sufficient,” the researchers said in the study, published in the US journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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The Telegraph, 3 March, 2022, https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/adivasis-dalits-muslims-life-expectancy-lower-than-upper-caste-hindus-reveals-study/cid/1854265


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