Why males are more likely to die from conception to old age
- Written by: Claire Roberts, Senior Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
In the animal kingdom, males are somewhat dispensable, which might explain why males are more likely to die. from www.shutterstock.com.auSexual inequality begins in the womb, but not in the way you might think. In a study of more than 574,000 births in South Australia between 1981 and 2011, we found boys are more likely to be born preterm and the...
