Male and female components of perinatal mortality

International trends, 1901–63

Bibliographic Data

ID10968616
AuthorsMichael S Teitelbaum (Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, corresponding author)
Year1971
Volume8
Issue4
Pages541-548
Publication date1971-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDemography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0070-3370 • E-ISSN: 1533-7790
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/2060690
PMID4950542
OpenAlexW1989790921
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited1

Analysis of vital data from five West European countries indicates that there has been a decline in the relative male risk and the sex ratio of late fetal mortality during the period 1901–1963. However, this decline is largely compensated for by an increase in the relative male risk and sex ratio of early neonatal mortality. As a result, no clear and consistent trend in the relative male risk or sex ratio of perinatal mortality can be detected. It is suggested that improvements in obstetric practice or in registration effectiveness may be responsible for the phenomena noted. Whatever the explanation, the findings illustrate the dangers of reifying registration definitions in the analysis of vital events

Biology · Confidence interval · Environmental health · Fetus · Perinatal mortality · Population · Pregnancy · Relative risk · Sex ratio · Birth, Development, and Health · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Medicine

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