| Descriptor English: | Sex Distribution | ||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Distribución por Sexo                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Distribuição por Sexo | ||||
| Descriptor French: | Répartition par sexe | ||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Distribution, Sex Distributions, Sex Sex Distributions  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        I01.240.800 N01.224.803 N06.850.505.400.850 SP3.311.300.312.532  | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017678 | ||||
| Scope note: | The number of males and females in a given population. The distribution may refer to how many men or women or what proportion of either in the group. The population is usually patients with a specific disease but the concept is not restricted to humans and is not restricted to medicine. | 
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| Annotation: | usually NIM; human & animal; do not confuse with SEX FACTORS | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||
| Previous Indexing: | 
                                                Sex (1966-1967) Sex Factors (1968-1993)  | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | 94 | 
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| History Note: | 94 | 
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| DeCS ID: | 31048 | ||||
| Unique ID: | D017678 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
| Date Established: | 1994/01/01 | ||||
| Date of Entry: | 1992/12/28 | ||||
| Revision Date: | 2016/01/19 | 
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                                        ANTHROPOLOGY, EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY, AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA
 
Social Sciences [I01]Social Sciences 
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                                        M0026735 | 
                                
| Scope note | The number of males and females in a given population. The distribution may refer to how many men or women or what proportion of either in the group. The population is usually patients with a specific disease but the concept is not restricted to humans and is not restricted to medicine. | 
| Preferred term | Sex Distribution | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Distribution, Sex                                                 Distributions, Sex Sex Distributions  | 
                                
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