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Research Paper | Medical Surgical | Volume 4 Issue 6, June 2015 | Pages: 2843 - 2848 | India
Declining Proportion of Girls at Birth at Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India, 2001 to 2011 - Cause for Concern
Abstract: Objectives Cuddalore District of Tamil Nadu, India showed decline in sex ratio of children less than six years from 957 girls per 1000 boys (census 2001) to 895 (2011). Study objectives were to identify contributing vital statistics, describing its time, place distribution and to generate hypothesis regarding etiology. Methods We analyzed trend of female live birth proportion for total births and each birth order. We calculated ratio of female to male rates of infant, child mortalities and still birth. We mapped birth sex ratio of blocks from 2007 to 2011 and that of each birth order for 2011. We compared actual number of female and male live births with expected number for each birth order every year. Results Female live birth proportion showed declining trend (P value
Keywords: vital statistics, blocks, birth sex ratio, sex selective abortion
How to Cite?: S. Meenachi, R. Ramakrishnan, N. Mugunthan, "Declining Proportion of Girls at Birth at Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India, 2001 to 2011 - Cause for Concern", Volume 4 Issue 6, June 2015, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 2843-2848, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SUB156001, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SUB156001