8 FEBRUARY2024INFOCUSINFOCUSAs per the Election Commission's final electoral roll data, women make up six out of ten electors in Karnataka who are over 100 years of age. Additionally, the data shows that there are more women in the state the older the voter age group. Out of the state's over 5.3 crore voters, 17,939 are older than 100, with 10,863 of them being female. In contrast, there are 2.69 crore men and 2.68 crore women among all voters.Men outnumber women (1,678) in the BBMP area, which is divided into three regions (Central, North, and South). However, the area has the highest number of women voters (1,431) who are over 100 years old. The female voters outnumber male voters in the districts of Mysuru, Belagavi, and Tumakuru, which have the highest proportion of female voters in this category after Bengaluru.There are more than 12.7 lakh voters in the 80+ age group, with more than 55 percent, or 7+ lakh, being women. Based on a district-level analysis, the districts of Belagavi, Mysuru, and Tumakuru have the highest percentage of female voters.Men outnumber women among the 10.3 lakh young voters (18­19 years old), making up nearly 54 per cent of the total. According to data for the BBMP area, the city has continued the trend of reporting more male voters (32,867) than female voters in this category. The district with the highest number of male voters is Belagavi, which leads the total count. The BBMP area, Mysuru, and Bengaluru Urban (not including BBMP) are the next districts in line.The final electoral rolls show a 50 per cent increase in the total number of young voters compared to the draft rolls; however, the number of voters in the 100+ category has decreased by 25 per cent, and the number in the 80+ category has decreased by 8 percent. Decreasing the gender gap in healthcare could add at least $22 billion to India's GDP, according to a report from the McKinsey Health Institute and the World Economic Forum (WEF). This is a significant amount of money that could be used to help women get better care and enhance India's healthcare system.It is significant to take into account that women everywhere are impacted by the gender gap in healthcare, which is a severe problem. The same report estimates that the women's health gap results in 75 million years of life lost every year as a result of poor health or early death. This alarming figure emphasizes the importance of giving women's health more consideration.Not only would closing the gender gap in healthcare benefit the economy but millions of Indian women's lives would also be improved. In terms of achieving gender equality and making sure that everyone has access to high-quality healthcare, it is a positive step.Closing the Women's Health Gap: A $1 Trillion Opportunity to Improve Lives and Economy reveals that although women live longer than men, they suffer from poor health for 25 percent longer. Closing this gap could provide every woman in the world with an extra seven days of healthy living annually. By 2040, it would also increase the world GDP by $1 trillion.95 percent of women's health burden is due to conditions affecting both genders, with female-specific conditions like SRH and maternal, childbirth, and others accounting for -5 per cent, whereas 56 percent of health conditions are more prevalent or manifest differently in women.In India, neonatal disorders (12 percent), ischemic heart disease (8 percent), diarrheal diseases (7 percent), and lower respiratory infections (6 percent) are the top 4 conditions out of the 10 contributing to the highest health burden for women, while others disproportionately affect women.Female-related conditions, including dietary iron deficiency, lower back pain, depressive disorders, and migraines, disproportionately affect women in India and globally, contributing to the highest share of Years Lived with Disability (YLD)out of the total Disability-adjusted life years (DALY) burden.India's GDP could increase by $22 billion by addressing the gender health gap, primarily affecting conditions like premenstrual syndrome, gynecological diseases, migraines, depressive disorders, and anxiety disorders. FEMALE VOTERS OUTNUMBER MALE VOTERS IN 100+ AGE CATEGORYDECREASING GENDER GAP CAN INCREASE INDIA'S GDP, SAYS REPORT
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