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HEALTH AND NUTRITION
| Year | India | Pakistan | Bangla-desh | Nepal | Sri Lanka | Bhutan | Maldives | South Asia (weighted average) | |
| Live expectancy at Birth | 1960 | 44 | 43 | 40 | 38 | 62 | 37 | 44 | 44 |
| 1998 | 63 | 64 | 58 | 58 | 73 | 61 | 65 | 63 | |
| Infant Mortality (Per 1000 Births ) | 1960 | 144 | 139 | 151 | 212 | 90 | 175 | 158 | 144 |
| 1998 | 69 | 95 | 79 | 72 | 17 | 84 | 62 | 72 | |
| Daily Caloric Supply( as a % of requirement ) | 1966 | 89 | 76 | 91 | 87 | 100 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 1997 | 114 | 107 | 97 | 108 | 99 | n/a | 82 | 111 | |
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Under Weight Children (Under age 5 (%)
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1975 | 71 | 47 | 84 | 63 | 58 | n/a | n/a | 69 |
| 1997 | 53 | 38 | 56 | 47 | 37 | 38 | 43 | 51 |
Source : Human Development in
South Asia 2000: The Gender Question, Mahbub ul Haq Human Development
Centre,
OUP, Karachi, 2000.