Ways2Fitness: Mumbaikars die younger than other Indians

l Lifespan: Men 52.6, Women 58.1 l Nat'l Avg For Both Is 63.7 Years

Mumbai: Living life on the edge, scrambling for a toehold on trains, snaking one's way through traffic snarls, fighting to find a roof over one's head all combine to make Mumbai the city that never sleeps—and Mumbaikars the people who die younger than the rest of the country.
    A study has found that the average Mumbaikar is likely to die at least seven years before other Indians and about 12 years before people living in the rest of Maharashtra.
    Despite economic growth and availability of good health facilities in the city, which normally lead to an increase in life expectancy in societies across the world, Mumbaikars on an average live to the age of 56.8 years. Life expectancy is 52.6 years for men and 58.1 years for women. The average all-India life expectancy figure is currently 63.7 years for both males and females. This means the average Indian's lifespan is at least seven years more than that of the average Mumbaikar.
    These figures came up in the recently published Human Development Report 2009 prepared by the National Resource Centre for Urban Poverty and the All India Institute of Local Self Government, Mumbai.The report was made with support from the United Nations Development Program, the ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation, the government of India and the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai.
    Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a person is expected to live, assuming that the current mortality trends continue. It represents the average lifespan and reflects the overall health of the population and the quality of life.