his means for India is that the proportion of young people in the country has been steadily growing. By 2004, 33 percent of India's population was under the age of 15 (Kosh). While the mortality rate has been declining, it remains high when compared to that of developed nations; the United States, for example, has a mortality rate of 2.4 deaths per 1,000 population. A disturbingly large proportion of India's mortality can be attributed to the country's AIDS epidemic: "HIV/AIDs contributes to the majority of mortality in India" (Asbury et al., 19). Indeed, "The Government of India estimates that in 2006, about 2.45 million Indians were living with
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