Health Inequalities

The NFHS-5 was performed in approximately 6.1 lakh homes in 2019-20 and collected data. The study collects data on fertility, infant and child mortality, family planning, maternal and child health, reproductive health, nutrition, anemia, and the use and quality of health and family planning services in India. This publication is a collection of fact sheets for 22 states and union territories, each with 131 indicators.

Even though health inequalities have received a lot of attention, there are still significant discrepancies in health between and within countries and even among states today.

People from various origins, social groupings, and countries have varying levels of health. Health inequalities are generally understood to refer to differences in health between groups of people who are socioeconomically better or worse off, as reflected, for example, by their occupational status, levels of income, expenditures, wealth, or education, or by the economic characteristics of the places where they live.

Systematic differences in health exist between socioeconomic positions, social classes, genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, levels of income, expenditures, wealth, characteristics of their places of residence, education, or other social groups with differentiated access to material and non-material resources.

People's health differs on various grounds such as race/ethnicity, gender, education, caste, income, occupation, and more between countries or states and within geographies. Social inequalities in health are also an economic issue, as they have a detrimental influence on employment, economic growth, and government spending, jeopardizing the country's long-term viability and political legitimacy.


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