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. 2017 Jun 15;164(2):246–259. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23266

Table 1.

Sex ratios in mortality, Hainaut, 1349–1450

Total Male Female Unknown Sex ratio
All years 22,247 11,292 10,559 396 1.07:1
Just plague years 9,213 4,332 4,634 247 0.94:1
Years without plague 13,034 6,960 5,925 149 1.18:1
Fisher's exact test p value <0.0001
Only Black Death 865 342 383 140 0.89:1
Only recurring plagues 8,348 3,990 4,251 107 0.94:1
Fisher's exact test p value 0.5352

Source: see fn. 2.

Notes: A large p value (>0.05) indicates weak evidence against the null hypothesis, thus we do not reject the null hypothesis. A small p value (< 0.05) indicates strong evidence against the null hypothesis, thus we reject the null hypothesis. This is applicable for Tables 1, 2, 3, 4.