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Infant girls in India twice as likely to die as boys.
2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In India, infant girls are twice as likely to die as boys because girls are regarded and treated less favorably.
There are also a large number of unexplained female deaths, which may be considered as deaths under suspicious circumstances, argue researchers in the July 18, 2003, issue of the British Medical Journal.
Deaths among infants aged less than 1 year in urban India were examined over 5 years. Deaths reported as sudden and without any preceding illness were categorized as "unexplained deaths."
The sex ratio at birth was 869 females per 1,000 males. Deaths were 1.3 times higher in females than in males, and most sudden unexplained deaths with no preceding history of illness were in girls. Twice as many girls died from diarrhea, despite it being an easily treatable condition, reported Amod Kumar and colleagues at St. ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Infant girls in India twice as likely to die as boys.