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The data in the table is based on the population census of 2001 and 2011 . ^ "Child sex ratio" is the ratio of girls to boys in the age group of 0–6 years. ^ At the time of the census, Jammu and Kashmir was a state but from 31 October 2019, it has been split into two union territories, namely Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
It shows the male to female sex ratio by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States. If there is a discrepancy between The World Factbook and a country's census data, the latter may be used instead. A ratio above 1, for example 1.1, means there are more males than females (1.1 males for every female).
Male to female sex ratio for India, based on its official census data, from 1941 through 2011. [74] The data suggest the existence of high sex ratios before and after the arrival of ultrasound-based prenatal care and sex screening technologies in India.
The human sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population in the context of anthropology and demography. In humans, the natural sex ratio at birth is slightly biased towards the male sex. It is estimated to be about 1.05 [1] or 1.06 [2] or within a narrow range from 1.03 to 1.06 [3] males per female.
Canada, a country with a comparatively low suicide rate overall at 10.3 incidents per 100,000 people, exhibits one such discrepancy. When comparing the suicide rate of Indigenous peoples in Canada, the rate of suicide increases to 24.3 incidents per 100,000 people: [19] a rate among the ten highest in the world.
The male to female suicide ratio among adults in India has been about 2:1. [81] This higher male to female ratio is similar to those observed around the world. [ 82 ] Between 1987 and 2007, the suicide rate increased from 7.9 to 10.3 per 100,000, [ 83 ] with higher suicide rates in southern and eastern states of India. [ 84 ]
The following list sorts countries by their estimated male to female income ratio according to the Gender Development Index of the United Nations. The ratio is determined by comparing the gross national income per woman with the gross national income per man in 2017. * indicates "Gender inequality in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.
Sex-selective abortion was first documented in 1975, [ 5] and became commonplace by the late 1980s in South Korea and China and around the same time or slightly later in India. Sex-selective abortion affects the human sex ratio —the relative number of males to females in a given age group, [ 6][ 7] with China and India, the two most populous ...