It seemed to make a pretty strong statement by the end: "The old story of high primary sex ratio — as high as 282 (74 percent male) by some accounts — declining

It seemed to make a pretty strong statement by the end: "The old story of high primary sex ratio — as high as 282 (74 percent male) by some accounts — declining rapidly and then steadily to birth, is gone. Any sex ratio much higher than 108 (52 percent male) at any time during pregnancy is essentially excluded by modern data."