TY - JOUR T1 - Male biased mortality among 1–2 year old children in rural Malawi JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 386 LP - 387 DO - 10.1136/adc.87.5.386 VL - 87 IS - 5 AU - P Ashorn AU - K Maleta AU - M Espo AU - T Kulmala Y1 - 2002/11/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/87/5/386.abstract N2 - We performed a community based cohort study in rural Malawi and documented a twofold mortality risk among 1–2 year old boys compared to girls of the same age. Because of its potential implications for child survival programmes, further studies should investigate whether sex differences in childhood mortality are more widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa. ER -