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Girls are on top yet more boys are born even in stressful times? "Over the whole period 52.4% of births were of boys. In some months, though, that fell as low a
by quellhorst 17y ago
Girls are on top yet more boys are born even in stressful times? "Over the whole period 52.4% of births were of boys. In some months, though, that fell as low as 51.2%."
- emil0r 17y agoOn average there are 105 boys born for every 100 girls. I believe it evens out in the end with more boys dying in an early age than girls, but I don't have any hard data on that.
- simon_ 17y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sex_ratio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sex_ratio I believe it doesn't even out until relatively late late in life, with male mortality being slightly higher at all ages. From the wikipedia article: The "First World" G7 members all have a gender ratio in the range of 0.95–0.98 for the total population, of 1.05–1.07 at birth, of 1.05–1.06 for the group below 15, of 1.00–1.04 for the group aged 15–64, and of 0.70–0.75 for those over 65.
- bmm6o 17y agoYeah, the title of the article is confusing. It's not clear in what sense they are "on top". I get the joke, but I'd prefer accurate to witty. Also, some of the comments attached to it are... odd.