Solution

The main characteristics of health of people of our country:
1.Decline in death rate to 8 per thousand in 2001.
2. Reduction in infant mortality rate to 7 per thousand in 2001.
3. Rise in life expectancy to 64 years in 2001.
4.Control over deadly diseases like cholera, smallpox, malaria, polio and leprosy. 
5.Fall in child mortality rate to 23 per thousand in 2001.