Life Expectancy in India 2020

 Health is the state of complete Physical, Mental and Social well-being not just the absence of disease or infirmity and good health is something we strive to achieve not just individually but also as a community but if we look around us our family friends and others we known that health is very variable for example in 2020 the life expectancy of a child born in India was 70 years while in Japan 83 years but even within Japan the life expectancy of Indigenous is about 8.6 years lower than that of non-indigenous people and even within a specific group of people health can change based on a person's income level of education or occupation so why is health so variable to answer that question we must understand the factors that influence health the factor that influence a person's health are called determinants of health. 

    These include who they ares such as age sex and genetic makeup and what they do as in health behaviors such as smoking, physical activities, alcohol use and diet health is also largely influenced by the conditions in which people are born grow live work and age collectively called the social determinants of the social of health are shaped by the distribution of money power and resources and an international, national and local level these can lead to health inequities which is the difference in health between different groups of people that is unfair and avoidable let's take a look at the social determinants of health using a framework developed by the World Health Organization according to this framework there are two broad group of health determinants structural and intermediary structural determinants are the social-economic and political context that people live in it includes governance economic social and public policies and also the social and culture values placed on health issues.

These factors can lead to the  unequal distribution of material and monetary resources which can shape a person's social-economic position is characterized by education occupation income gender race or occupation income ethnicity and social class the structural determinants of health operate through a set of intermediary determinants that impact a person's exposure vulnerability and outcomes to factors affecting their health these include material circumstances such as the quality of housing the financial means to buy healthy food clothing or other requirements for healthy living and work environments psychological factors like stressful living circumstance relationship and social support behavioral and biological factors.

 In addition to these health system determine the type of health care the quality of it and how accessible it is bridging the structural and intermediary determinants our social cohesion and social capital the links between all these determinants are not always linear but can be complex interdependent and interact in many different ways to influence health for..      

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Or income can limit opportunities for achieving good health and conversely poor health can limit opportunities for people to participate in the workforce and remember these determinants can ant across the course of a person's life so the next time you think about issue consider not only who they are and what they do but also the condition in which they are born grow live work and age because if we understand and  act on them we can build a healthier world for everyone. 

So take care & take rest.