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. 2021 Mar 16;11(3):e042542. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042542

Table 5.

Sex ratio at birth and conditional sex ratio of second birth when first born was female by province, 2016 Nepal DHS

Province CSR 95% CI N SRB 95% CI N
Province 1* 122 (93 to 160) 443 111 (103 to 120) 1380
Province 2* 93 (75 to 115) 703 107 (101 to 114) 2313
Bagmati 140 (108 to 182) 442 102 (95 to 111) 1037
Gandaki 96 (67 to 137) 221 104 (92 to 117) 1057
Lumbini 136 (106 to 174) 480 109 (101 to 118) 1718
Karnali 97 (63 to 148) 171 105 (96 to 116) 1818
Sudurpashchim 140 (97 to 200) 238 106 (97 to 117) 1620
Urban 121 (105 to 141) 909 105 (99 to 111) 6250
Rural 107 (92 to 123) 589 108 (103 to 114) 4693
All Nepal 115 (103 to 128) 1498 106 (102 to 111) 10 943

*These provinces are as yet unnamed and are currently known by their number.

CSR, conditional sex ratio; DHS, Demographic and Health Survey; SRB, sex ratios at birth.