Basic biology may explain higher death rates for boys

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - It's known that women, as a group, outlive men, but the female survival advantage begins at birth and may stem from some fundamental vulnerability of boys, according to a new study. Researchers looking at U.S. national data on both boys and girls from infancy up to age 20 found boys more likely to experience a range of illnesses, and to die of them, than girls. "What is surprising is that the pattern of excess male mortality exists across such a broad range of diseases and at all ages," said the study's senior author Dr. ...



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