Death and the maiden

[xchrom]

http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/09/gender-inequality

Women and girls die prematurely in greater numbers than men

OVER a quarter of all excess female deaths occur in China at birth, says the World Bank's annual World Development Report, published on September 19th. The number has risen since 1990 from 890,000 to 1.1m. These are the numbers of extra girls who would have been born if the normal sex ratio at birth (105 girls to 100 boys) had prevailed in China. It does not do so because of the practice of sex-selective abortion. Aborted girls account for the largest single share of excess female deaths worldwide, but other sorts of death have been growing faster, notably those of women of child-bearing age in Africa. The excess deaths of African women aged 15 to 49 (when compared with female death rates in rich countries) rose by 150% between 1990 and 2008. The number of excess deaths in African countries with high rates of HIV-AIDS increased by 760%. Excess female mortality is shifting from birth in East Asia to adulthood in Africa.

[david_vincent]

1. Yes, except in the US

For every 100 girl babies who die in the first 27 days of life 125 boy babies die.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_19.pdf
For every 100 girl babies who die after the first 27 days but in the first year of life 130
boy babies die. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_19.pdf
For every 100 girls ages 1 to 4 years who die 127 boys die.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_19.pdf
For every 100 girls ages 5 to 14 years who die 140 boys die.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_19.pdf
For every 100 girls and women ages 15 to 24 years who die 292 boys and men die.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_19.pdf

[Hoosier Daddy]

2. Interesting

I had always thought that adolescent males would more than "even up" the totals, as they are more likely to engage in risky behavior.

[Demeter]

3. for that we have wars

and lots of never-married and widowed women to raise hell.

[Tansy_Gold]

4. Unfortunately

they haven't been raising enough hell. After all, we still have those goddamned wars.



TG

[Demeter]

5. Yeah

I'm not sure how much hell it would take, but I expect we are going to find out in the near future.

[Tansy_Gold]

6. Unfortunately. n/t