IJAFRS International Journal of African Studies 2710-4680 SvedbergOpen ijafrs-1-4-004 10.51483/IJAFRS.1.4.2021.25-41 Research Paper Differences and Similarities: A Study of Pattern of Disease Related Mortality in Middle-Aged Females of South Africa and India Uma 1 * 1Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. Email: umalbc@lb.du.ac.in *Corresponding author: Uma, Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. Email: umalbc@lb.du.ac.in 12 2021 1 4 25 41 Abstract

Middle-aged female population is the stable human resource of any country. They can easily come forward to contribute in economic activities given they are healthy. The paper tries to investigate the disease-based aspect of middle-aged female of South Africa and India which is hindering their healthy status. It looks at the differences and similarities of diseases amongst the middle age females of South Africa and India. The paper examines the leading cause of death of females in the age range of 40-64 in South Africa and India. The paper comes with the conclusion that the number of deaths of females per 100,000 population is high in early years of their middle age and low in later years of the middle age in South Africa. In India the number of deaths of females per 100,000 population is low in early years of their middle age and high in later years of their middle age.

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