The document provides information on the health status of India. It discusses India's population size and demographics. It then describes methods for measuring health status such as disease frequency, mortality rates, and the Human Development Index. The document outlines some of India's major health problems including communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, and nutritional and environmental issues. It provides some health statistics for India and the state of Gujarat. It also discusses diseases that have been eradicated in India such as smallpox, guinea worm, and wild poliovirus.