Gender imbalance in infant mortality: A cross-national study of social structure and female infanticide

Fuse, Kana; Crenshaw, Edward M.

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.06.006

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“…7 Other studies have found significant male excess in infant deaths across numerous causes including sudden infant death syndrome, pre-and postnatal infection, and congenital malformations. [8][9][10][11] Despite this abundance of research, however, the picture of gender-related mortality differences remains fragmented, incomplete, and underappreciated; the female advantage has mostly been studied in adults, with the exception of a few specific pediatric conditions, and with a vague notion that the differences among younger persons chiefly arise due to males engaging in riskier behaviors and dying of injuries. 3 To advance our understanding of gender-related mortality disparities, we organized our study around 2 main questions.…”

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“…19 Studies have also examined differences in infant and pediatric mortality rates across underdeveloped, developing, and developed countries, postulating the effects of biased gender attitudes and differential impact of technological advances (which have curbed the number of deaths due to childbirth and other conditions that historically have a female excess). 9,20 The mortality difference between males and females is thus attributed to a complex web of factors that include acquired risks (lifestyle, risks encountered in work or leisure activities, health habits), health-reporting behavior, illness behavior, health care utilization, and biology. 17,18,20,21 Even these studies, however, acknowledge that in developed nations where women are educated, gender biases are lessened, and medical technology is advanced, there is likely an underlying biologically based difference between male and female mortality.…”

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“…17,18,20,21 Even these studies, however, acknowledge that in developed nations where women are educated, gender biases are lessened, and medical technology is advanced, there is likely an underlying biologically based difference between male and female mortality. 9 What are the possible biological mechanisms, which are often cited but, remarkably, little explored? 3 Two sets of hypotheses are worth pursuing.…”

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Pediatric Mortality in Males Versus Females in the United States, 1999–2008

Balsara

Faerber²,

Spinner

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Pediatrics

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether differences between pediatric male and female mortality are due to differences in specific age ranges, specific disease categories, or differences in the risk of developing specific conditions versus the risk of dying once having developed the condition. METHODS: Using 1999–2008 mortality data for all deaths of individuals <20 years of age from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s WONDER database, we calculated male-to-female relative risks (RRs), standardized to the 2000 US Census, by age and International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10), chapters. By using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s record of linked birth and infant death records between 1999 and 2007, we also calculated male-to-female RRs stratified by gestational age; and by using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results cancer registries for 1999–2008, we calculated incidence and mortality RRs for the 7 leading types of cancer. RESULTS: Males experience higher mortality rates in all age groups from birth to age 20 years (RR: 1.44; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.44–1.45) and among infant deaths in nearly all weekly gestational age strata (RR: 1.12; 95% CI: 1.11–1.12). Stratified by ICD-10 major disease categories, males experience higher mortality rates in 17 of 19 categories. For the 7 types of pediatric cancers, the overall pattern was similarly greater male incidence (RR: 1.13; 95% CI: 1.12–1.14), fatality rate (RR: 1.10; 95% CI: 1.07–1.13), and overall mortality (RR: 1.21; 1.18–1.25). CONCLUSIONS: Under 20 years of age, males die more than females from a wide array of underlying conditions. The potential genetic and hormonal mechanisms for the mortality difference between males and females warrant investigation.

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Pediatric Mortality in Males Versus Females in the United States, 1999–2008

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Faerber²,

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“…However, it is surprising to find these countries together with Bulgaria and Ukraine with the extreme of over 14 years difference between the female and male timing, while other eastern European countries only differ by a couple of years. Sex differentials in infant mortality vary widely across countries (Fuse and Crenshaw 2006). However, in the context of the Baltic countries this is probably not the only factor.…”

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The crossover between life expectancies at birth and at age one: The imbalance in the life table

Canudas-Romo¹,

Becker²

2011

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The single most used demographic measure to describe population health is life expectancy at birth, but life expectancies at ages other than zero are also used in the study of human longevity. Our intuition tells us that the longest life expectancy is that of a newborn. However, historically, the expectation of life at age one (e 1 ) has exceeded the expectation of life at birth (e 0 ). The crossover between e 0 and e 1 only occurred in the developed world in the second half of the twentieth century. Life tables for populations that have not achieved this crossing between life expectancy at birth and at age one are referred to here as imbalanced. This crossover occurs when infant mortality is equal to the inverse of life expectancy at age one. This simple relation between mortality at age zero and mortality after age one divides the world into countries that have achieved the crossover in life expectancies and those that have not. It is a within-population comparison of mortality at infancy and after age one. However, results of these within-population comparisons can be used for comparison between populations. For countries that have already achieved this crossing in life expectancies, the sex differential in the timing of the crossing is marked: Females attain the crossing before males for every single population and in some cases by up to 18 years earlier. However, for most developing countries, life expectancy at age one is still higher than life expectancy at birth, in some cases by several years. Subpopulation comparisons for the US show that black Americans are near to transitioning out of the imbalanced life table situation while the white population has already done so.

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“…1), женщины, вероятно, обладают низким социальным статусом, испытывают недостаток в питании, ограничены в доступе к медицинскому обслуживанию, переживают частые роды и имеют высокий уровень материнской смертности С. Арбер СОЦИОЛОГИЯ СТАРОСТИ [Santow, 1995;Doyal, 1995;Fuse, Crenshaw, 2006]. Гендерные различия в сред-ней продолжительности жизни, вероятно, ниже в обществах, где больше ценятся мальчики и мужчины, нежели девочки и женщины.…”

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Gender imbalance in infant mortality: A cross-national study of social structure and female infanticide

Cited by 63 publications

References 34 publications

Pediatric Mortality in Males Versus Females in the United States, 1999–2008

Pediatric Mortality in Males Versus Females in the United States, 1999–2008

The crossover between life expectancies at birth and at age one: The imbalance in the life table

Gender and Ageing in Global Context: Role of Marital Statu

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