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  • Title: Sex differentials in morbidity and mortality in rural Botswana and Bangladesh, 1986-87.
    Author: Ahmed G, Das AM, Shastri GN, Shahidullah M, Brunborg H, Ahmed Z.
    Journal: Rural Demogr; 1988; 15(1-2):59-72. PubMed ID: 12343245.
    Abstract:
    Researchers used data from 2 surveys (1987-1987) in Bangladesh and in Botswana to analyze sex differentials in morbidity and mortality. In the 0-11 month olds, mortality rates were greater for males than females in Bangladesh (164 vs. 119) and Botswana (140 vs. 94). This confirmed other research indicating that male infants tend to be ill more often than female infants. Except for 1-4 year old males in Bangladesh, morbidity rates declined as children aged. 1-4 year old females in Bangladesh had the lowest morbidity rates of any other age group in Bangladesh. In Botswana, morbidity was the same for both 1-4 year old males and females (90). 5-14 year old males tended to have higher morbidity than females in Botswana (69 vs. 53). In Bangladesh, morbidity for both sexes was essentially the same, but higher than morbidity in Botswana. In 15-44 year olds, females were healthier than males in Botswana (135 vs. 95), but both sexes in Bangladesh were healthier than those in Botswana and morbidity for them was about the same (mean, 84). Females tended to be less health in summer in Botswana than in Bangladesh (187 vs. 153), but the situation reversed in winter (126 vs. 173). In Botswana, overall mortality differential between males (14.2 rate) and females (6.8 rate) was quite high (7.4), even though Botswana females tended to be more ill than males. This differential was only .4 in Bangladesh. The male mortality rates were identical in both countries, but Bangladesh women were more likely to die than Botswana women (13.8 vs. 6.8). In Botswana, male infants (31) had a higher mortality rate than females (16). Mortality rates of both sexes in the older groups did not show such a large differential. In Bangladesh, 1-4 year old females (20.51) died more often than males (34.8) indicating neglect of females. In conclusion, overall females tended to be ill more often than males, but males tended to die more frequently than females even though morbidity usually comes before mortality.
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