The capital's medical practitioners say that 80 per cent of kidney transplant recipients are men — and 80 per cent of donors are women.
That's not all. When it comes to spousal transplants, in 90 per cent of the cases it's the wife who donates her organ.
That's from this ToI editorial page (unsigned?) article. It goes on to make another point about how education and literacy don't help in combating another menace in our country: female foeticide.
A study conducted by a Swiss group in rural India, post-2001 Census reveals that among people living in areas with relatively greater prosperity and higher education, there is greater incidence of female foeticide than among those living in poorer areas.
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//The capital's medical practitioners say that 80 per cent of kidney transplant recipients are men — and 80 per cent of donors are women.
That's not all. When it comes to spousal transplants, in 90 per cent of the cases it's the wife who donates her organ.//
Well Abi,
There could be two possible reasons
1. What you say
2. The disease affects MORE males than females. Imagine a scenario. Out of 10,000 males, the disease affects 80 males
Out of 10,000 females the diseases affects 20 females
Please note that the second (hypothetical situation) also will give the same result in the study
While I fully agree with "Gender" issue, there are medical issues also
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