2022
DOI: 10.1101/2022.02.07.22270630
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COVID-19 onset reduced the sex ratio at birth in South Africa

Abstract: Background The sex ratio at birth [defined as male/(male+female) live births] is anticipated to approximate 0.510 with a slight male excess. Following sudden unexpected stressful events, this ratio has been observed to decrease transiently around 3-5 months following such events. We hypothesised that stress engendered by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic may have caused such a decrease in South Africa 3-5 months after March 2020 since in this month, South Africa reported its first COVID-19 case, death and nat… Show more

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