The influence of social factors on gender health
Male births exceed female births by 5–6%(for a sex ratio at birth of 1.05–1.06) while a women’s life expectancy, on a global scale, is about 6 years longer. Thus within various age groups the male:female ratio changes over time. Until age 50 years men outnumber women; thereafter their numbers show...
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Oxford University Press
2016
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