ICSE Class 9 Answered

Causes of poor health in India are as follows:

1. High birth rate: Due to a rapid growth of population, providing safe and sufficient drinking water supply and proper sanitation for the community becomes very difficult. This leads to many health risks in the society.
2. Malnutrition: Malnutrition results in innumerable health problems and serious health issues among children.
3. Insanitary conditions and housing facilities: Poor households are surviving in crowded and insanitary places. They face the problem of contaminated food, water and live in sub-standards dwellings lacking in space, air and sunlight etc.