Too young to die : genes or gender?

Format:

Book

Contributor:

United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division.

Series:

Population studies (New York, N.Y.) ; no. 155.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Mortality.

Children.

Infants--Mortality.

Infants.

Children--Mortality--Developing countries.

Developing countries.

Infants--Mortality--Developing countries.

Mortality--Sex differences.

Mortality.

Child Welfare.

Infant Mortality.

Sex Characteristics.

Developing Countries.

Medical Subjects:

Child Welfare.

Infant Mortality.

Mortality.

Sex Characteristics.

Developing Countries.

Physical Description:

xii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations, Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 1998.

Summary:

In response to world concerns & the need to identify measures aimed at eliminating the pattern of excess & preventable mortality among young girls, this publication presents a study of the sex differentials in infant, child & under-five mortality & the specific mechanisms that may lead to excess female mortality in childhood. Too Young To Die explores a broad range of mechanisms ranging from the biological to the social & economic that influence sex differentials in childhood mortality. It also provides a historical account of the evolution of the sex differentials in childhood mortality in today's developed countries during the nineteenth & early twentieth centuries. In addition, the publication makes a major contribution in its presentation of measurement & analysis of the levels & trends of infant, child & under-five mortality for boys & girls during the 1970.

Notes:

"ST/ESA/SER.A/155."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9211513251

OCLC:

40344017