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.

Synonyms: Sex Distributions, Distribution, Sex, Sex Distribution, Distributions, Sex

Instance information

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usually NIM; human & animal; do not confuse with SEX FACTORS ,94

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D017678