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Aging is a natural process growing old. It is an irreversible process. Whoever is born is destined to die. In between these two events everyone undergoes the process of aging. Growing from infancy to childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age involves several implications on the life of an individual. This is particularly so in terms of health and well being of the individual. Although health and illness are the part and parcel of the life of an individual from birth to death, old age is correlated with several conditions of illness and illhealth. Several social and economic conditions determine the health conditions and state of illhealth during old age. In the present study the researcher attempts to identify the influence of certain social and economic conditions on health and wellness during old age. The study is based on the fieldwork conducted in Sullia Taluk of Dakshina Kannada District in Karnataka state. The study reveals that it is not simply the biological and physiological conditions that influence health and wellness and illhealth and diseases during oldage, but the social and economic conditions during that period determine the state of health during oldage.