-----Original Message----- From: Santosh Helekar > Hundred years ago the life expectancy of a human being in India was 25 years. > In 1947 .....Indians .....could only expect to live for 36 years. > In 1961 .....Indian citizen in Goa ..... could survive beyond 42 years of age > Today, any toddler in India can hope to live on an average for 70 years
RESPONSE: If you live(d) in Mumbai (formerly Bombay / Bombaim), where do/did you live? QTE If you reside in Nana Chowk or Marine Lines, you can expect to live for about 20 years more than your friend in Chembur (E), 13 years more than the average Byculla or Matunga resident, 10 years more than someone living in Santa Cruz and about seven more years than the average person staying in Dadar. TOI had earlier reported a study which had found that the average Mumbaikar was likely to die at least seven years before other Indians and about 12 years before people living in the rest of Maharashtra. Bandra, the queen of the suburbs, had an average life expectancy of 57.96 but the far western suburb of Borivli was better with 58.58 years. And Santa Cruz, only a few kilometres away from Bandra, fared much worse with 50.19 years. In the congested areas of Dadar and Parel, the average age life expectancy was found to be 53.95 and 46.41 years respectively. END-QTE Perhaps the data on Goa would be insightful considering the demographics are 'evolving'. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Expect-to-live-long-if-born-in-Nana-Chowk/articleshow/5298272.cms
