Dalit woman live 14 yrs less than upper-caste woman: Report 
An average Dalit woman lives 14.6 years less than an upper-caste woman, a UN report revealed. The increase in exposure to mortality is due to poor sanitation and inadequate supply of water and healthcare, it added. Further, women from poor, rural households are 21 times more likely to never attend school than women from rich, urban households, the report claimed.