Regional differences in the sex ratio at birth in Mexico

IF 1.2 Q3 OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Journal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association Pub Date : 2023-03-15 DOI:10.4274/jtgga.galenos.2022.2022-8-14

Victor Grech

{"title":"Regional differences in the sex ratio at birth in Mexico","authors":"Victor Grech","doi":"10.4274/jtgga.galenos.2022.2022-8-14","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Objective: The sex ratio at birth, defined as males/total (M/T) approximates 0.515 but is affected by many factors. Acute and chronic stress have been shown to lower M/T, and both regional and racial differences exist. This study analysed regional differences in M/T in Mexico.Material and methods: Live births by sex and year were available for 1994-2020. Regional births were available for 2010-2020 for five regions: North, Centre, West, East and South.Results: There were 68,423,415 births for 1994-2020 and 25,436,687 for 2010-2020 (M/T=0.5060, 95% confidence interval: 0.5058-0.5062). M/T was <0.515 (p<0.0001). Live births correlated negatively with year (p<0.0001). M/T fell for 1994-2003 then rose to 2020 (p<0.0001). M/T was highest in North followed by West, South, Centre and East (p<0.0001).Conclusion: Chronic stress with socioeconomic deprivation may reduce M/T and may explain the low M/T found in this study from Mexico.","PeriodicalId":17440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association","volume":"24 1","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/43/91/JTGGA-24-1.PMC10019010.pdf","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4274/jtgga.galenos.2022.2022-8-14","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Abstract

Objective: The sex ratio at birth, defined as males/total (M/T) approximates 0.515 but is affected by many factors. Acute and chronic stress have been shown to lower M/T, and both regional and racial differences exist. This study analysed regional differences in M/T in Mexico.

Material and methods: Live births by sex and year were available for 1994-2020. Regional births were available for 2010-2020 for five regions: North, Centre, West, East and South.

Results: There were 68,423,415 births for 1994-2020 and 25,436,687 for 2010-2020 (M/T=0.5060, 95% confidence interval: 0.5058-0.5062). M/T was <0.515 (p<0.0001). Live births correlated negatively with year (p<0.0001). M/T fell for 1994-2003 then rose to 2020 (p<0.0001). M/T was highest in North followed by West, South, Centre and East (p<0.0001).

Conclusion: Chronic stress with socioeconomic deprivation may reduce M/T and may explain the low M/T found in this study from Mexico.

Abstract Image

查看原文本刊更多论文

墨西哥出生性别比的地区差异

目的:出生性别比，定义为男性/总(M/T)约为0.515，但受多种因素影响。急性和慢性压力已被证明会降低M/T，并且存在区域和种族差异。本研究分析了墨西哥在信息技术方面的地区差异。材料和方法:1994-2020年按性别和年份分列的活产婴儿。2010-2020年有五个区域的出生情况:北部、中部、西部、东部和南部。结果:1994-2020年出生68,423,415人，2010-2020年出生25,436,687人(M/T=0.5060, 95%可信区间:0.5058-0.5062)。结论:慢性压力与社会经济剥夺可能会降低M/T，这可能解释了墨西哥研究中发现的低M/T。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Journal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY-

CiteScore

2.40

自引率

7.10%

发文量

期刊介绍： Journal of the Turkish-German Gynecological Association is the official, open access publication of the Turkish-German Gynecological Education and Research Foundation and Turkish-German Gynecological Association and is published quarterly on March, June, September and December. It is an independent peer-reviewed international journal printed in English language. Manuscripts are reviewed in accordance with “double-blind peer review” process for both reviewers and authors. The target audience of Journal of the Turkish-German Gynecological Association includes gynecologists and primary care physicians interested in gynecology practice. It publishes original works on all aspects of obstertrics and gynecology. The aim of Journal of the Turkish-German Gynecological Association is to publish high quality original research articles. In addition to research articles, reviews, editorials, letters to the editor, diagnostic puzzle are also published. Suggestions for new books are also welcomed. Journal of the Turkish-German Gynecological Association does not charge any fee for article submission or processing.