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Women are less likely to seek medical help, knowledge about diseases and appropriate care until their condition get worsen. A large number of females were depend on self-care, home remedies or on traditional methods for the treatment of their diseases. As a matter of fact, awareness regarding diseases, its symptoms and risks are insufficient among women. They have developed a negative attitude towards the disease and have less knowledge about the advanced treatments methods. The objective of the paper is to examine the extent of awareness level of women towards the diseases. The Chi- square test has been applied to know the association between various socio-economic characteristics of the women respondents like age of women respondents, education level, employment status and income level with their awareness level on diseases. The socio-economic characteristics have been examined and appropriate suggestions would be presented. It has been found that women have been ignoring their health issues and less aware about their health issues. On the basis of findings of this study, women's high awareness level and strong attitude towards diseases is the need of the hour.