More girls or more boys?

Question

I read somewhere that in the US 52% of babies born are male and by the age of 20, the population is 48% male, 52% female (because the males engage in more high risk activities).

But I just Googled it and this is what I found: "In the U.S., the proportion of boys dropped from 105.5 per 100 girls in 1970 to 104.6 in 2001."

If all this is true, then there really are more baby boys being born than girls. Then why is it that it seems like 80% of the time at least you hear about a baby GIRL being born? Or is this just me?

What do you think? Does anyone have anymore facts on this? Or does anyone else feel like most babies being born are girls?

I have my 19 wk ultrasound Fri. where they should be able to tell us the sex so that's why I'm a little curious about this :)

Answer 1

It's just a local phenominon that you are hearing about lots of girls being born.

At our church, we have the exact opposite... lots of boys. Out of the last 19 births in the church, only 3 were girls.

But when you look at the U.S. as a whole, and over time, then you would see the roughly 52% vs. 48% ratio.

BTW, the statistics you quoated would be the same as saying that in 1970, 51.3% of the babies born were boys, but in 2001, the percentage dropped to 51.1%.

Answer 2

Could have something to do with more older males having babies. Something about the female sperm being better survivors with age.

Answer 3

i have a 9 month old daughter and am having my second daughter. everyone i know has boys but like my brother and my sister both have girls. almost everyone i know is having or hada boy. but when i go online and stuff it seems everyone is having girls.

Answer 4

I know at least 10 women who are expecting right now, including myself, and we are ALL having girls...not one single boy!!

Answer 5

i wouldn't sweat the gender stats...just pray that you have a healthy baby that is what really matters right