Significantly increased risk of stillbirth in males, study shows
Thursday, November 27, 2014 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
Boys are more likely to be stillborn than girls, a large-scale study has found. The study reviewed more than 30 million births globally, and found that the risk of stillbirth is about ten percent higher in boys. This equates to a loss of around 100,000 additional male babies per year.