@[email protected] to [email protected] • 5 months agoIgnoring the distractions, what are some real issues you would like to discuss?message-square15fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•5 months agoI thought female birth ratio was higher than males
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkNederlands2•5 months agoNo, slightly more AMABs get born than AFABs. Over time the difference cancels out, as AMABs tend to die a bit more sooner.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 months agoIt isn’t. More males die during pregnancy and infancy, which used to result into more girls than boys by age 5 two-hundred years ago, but nowadays there are only more women at old age.
I thought female birth ratio was higher than males
No, slightly more AMABs get born than AFABs. Over time the difference cancels out, as AMABs tend to die a bit more sooner.
It isn’t. More males die during pregnancy and infancy, which used to result into more girls than boys by age 5 two-hundred years ago, but nowadays there are only more women at old age.