among children in India, that gender bias in mortality is larger in Sub-Saharan Africa than in China and India, and that … apply a new "flow" measure of "missing women" to estimate the extent of gender bias in mortality in developing countries …. Contrary to the existing literature, they find that the problem of gender bias in mortality is as severe among adults as it is …

, morbidities and mortality in India. We draw upon the surveillance experience of four selected States of India namely Uttar Pradesh … systematic population-based chronic disease surveillance in India. Although there are no immediate policy goals to ensure …

yearly excess female deaths, referred to as the ’flow of missing women’, suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger …), is as severe among adults as it is among children in India, and is larger in Sub-Saharan Africa than in South and East … Asia. We argue that these findings largely rely on the choice of the reference standard for sex-specific mortality and an …

yearly excess female deaths, referred to as the 'flow of missing women', suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger …), is as severe among adults as it is among children in India, and is larger in Sub-Saharan Africa than in South and East … Asia. We argue that these findings largely rely on the choice of the reference standard for sex-specific mortality and an …

The purpose of this paper is to construct a relative performance index for the States in India in terms of their …

mortality, institutionalization and homelessness for the largest Indigenous population in Canada from the ages of 5 to 64. We … identify mortality rates at least twice the Canadian average and find exceptionally high mortality rates for young Indigenous … women and girls - up to four times the Canadian average at certain ages. We show mortality rates are even higher on reserve …

The existing literature on "missing women" has suggested that the problem is mostly concentrated in India and China … comparing actual age-sex-specific mortality rates with "expected" ones. Contrary to the existing literature on missing women …, they, and the World Bank which subsequently followed this method, find that gender bias in mortality is much larger than …