WHO Data Shows India Outlives Pakistan, Trails Bangladesh

A World Health Organization report compares how long people live in different countries and what causes deaths.

In 2023, people in India were expected to live longer than people in Pakistan, but not as long as people in Bangladesh.

Canada and the United States had higher life expectancy than the South Asian countries listed.

Heart disease was the top cause of death in both India and Pakistan.

The article also describes differences in other health problems, including lung disease in India and birth-related and diarrhoeal causes in Pakistan.

Around the world, many deaths were caused by long-term illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes.

People are living longer again after a pandemic-related drop, but healthy life expectancy has recovered more slowly.

This means many people may spend some later years with illness or disability.