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noun Sociology.

the proportional distribution of the sexes in a population aggregate, expressed as the number of males per 100 females.

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Origin of sex ratio

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby sex ratio

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How to use sex ratio in a sentence

This is the first time the sex ratio has tipped in favour of females.
India finally has more women than men|Manavi Kapur|November 26, 2021|Quartz
India’s decades-long efforts to improve the sex ratio may be finally bearing fruit.
India finally has more women than men|Manavi Kapur|November 26, 2021|Quartz
However much we gossip about heterosexual couples with large age gaps, we at least refrain from calling them sex offenders.
Freaking Out About Age Gaps in Gay Relationships Is Homophobic|Samantha Allen|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Scruff believes that sex is not the primary concern of users.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

To those who agreed with him, Bush pledged that the law against same-sex marriage would remain intact.
Jeb Bush’s Unseen Anti-Gay Marriage Emails|Jackie Kucinich|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Bush busy engaging constituents on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate ahead of the 2004 presidential election.
Jeb Bush’s Unseen Anti-Gay Marriage Emails|Jackie Kucinich|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This week, Florida became the 36th state to allow same-sex marriage.
Jeb Bush’s Unseen Anti-Gay Marriage Emails|Jackie Kucinich|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Are you quite sure you have never suffered from this rather common disorder, gentle reader, at least, if you be of the male sex?
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
But if you restrict it, to the sense in which it is commonly applied to the angelic sex, I am not prepared to answer.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
As public accuser, he caused the death of immense numbers, of all ages and either sex.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
That he might lose his head and 'introduce an element of sex' was conscience confessing that it had been already introduced.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
He respected her courage and obvious power to rise above the personal attitude of her sex.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

Medical definitions for sex ratio

sex ratio

The proportion of males to females in a given population, usually expressed as the number of males per 100 females at a specific stage in life, especially at conception, birth, and a given stage between birth and death.

The ratio of the numbers of males to females affected by a particular disease or trait.