ESI on Gender Statistics, 2018
(i) In 2018, the population comprised 639,273 women compared to 626,030 men. Women outnumbered men by 13,243 as they live on average 6.4 years longer than men. (ii) Diabetes mellitus, heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and hypertensive disease together accounted for 57.6% of all deaths among women against 53.5% among men. More women than men…