
Report on Sex ratio
Why is it in news?
- The data of 2018 report on “Vital statistics of India based on the Civil Registration System” is published by the Registrar-General of India.
- Sex ratio at birth is the number of females born per 1,000 males.
Findings of the report:
- Arunachal Pradesh recorded the best sex ratio in the country, while Manipur recorded the worst.
- Arunachal Pradesh recorded 1,084 females born per thousand males, followed by Nagaland (965) Mizoram (964), Kerala (963) and Karnataka (957).
- The worst was reported in Manipur (757), Lakshadweep (839) and Daman & Diu (877), Punjab (896) and Gujarat (897).
- Delhi recorded a sex ratio of 929, Haryana 914 and Jammu and Kashmir 952.