Editing Sex-selective abortion (section)

===Other Asian countries===
Other countries with large populations but high sex ratios include [[Vietnam]]. The United Nations Population Fund, in its 2012 report,<ref>{{cite book | url = http://www.unfpa.org/webdav/site/global/shared/documents/publications/2012/Sex%20Imbalances%20at%20Birth.%20PDF%20UNFPA%20APRO%20publication%202012.pdf | title = Sex Imbalances at Birth: Current trends, consequences and policy implications | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232549/http://www.unfpa.org/webdav/site/global/shared/documents/publications/2012/Sex%20Imbalances%20at%20Birth.%20PDF%20UNFPA%20APRO%20publication%202012.pdf | archive-date=December 30, 2013 | publisher = UNFPA | isbn = 978-974680-3380 | page = 20 }}</ref> claims the birth sex ratio of Vietnam at 111 with its densely populated [[Red River Delta]] region at 116.

[[Taiwan]] has reported a sex ratio at birth between 1.07 and 1.11 every year, across 4 million births, over the 20-year period from 1991 to 2011, with the highest birth sex ratios in the 2000s.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Lee IW, Lai YC, Kuo PL, Chang CM | title = Human sex ratio at amniocentesis and at birth in Taiwan | journal = Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | volume = 51 | issue = 4 | pages = 572–575 | date = December 2012 | pmid = 23276560 | doi = 10.1016/j.tjog.2012.09.012 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Sex-selective abortion is reported to be common in [[South Korea]] too, but its incidence has declined in recent years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/resource-pdf/regional_analysis.pdf|title=Sex-ratio imbalance in Asia: Trends, consequences and policy responses|access-date=October 23, 2019|archive-date=January 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117194644/https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/resource-pdf/regional_analysis.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="The consequences of son preference"/><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Vogel L | title = Sex-selective abortions: no simple solution | journal = CMAJ | volume = 184 | issue = 3 | pages = 286–288 | date = February 2012 | pmid = 22271910 | pmc = 3281151 | doi = 10.1503/cmaj.109-4097 }}</ref> As of 2015, South Korea's sex ratio at birth was 1.07 male/female.<ref name="cia.gov">{{cite web | url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2018.html | title=The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency | access-date=May 17, 2016 | archive-date=October 16, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016065003/https://www.cia.gov/library//publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2018.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2015, [[Hong Kong]] had a sex ratio at birth of 1.12 male/female.<ref name="cia.gov" /> A 2001 study on births in the late 1990s concluded that "sex selection or sex-selective abortion might be practiced among Hong Kong Chinese women".<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Wong SF, Ho LC | title = Sex selection in practice among Hong Kong Chinese | journal = Social Science & Medicine | volume = 53 | issue = 3 | pages = 393–397 | date = August 2001 | pmid = 11439822 | doi = 10.1016/s0277-9536(00)00306-3 }}</ref>

Recently, a rise in the sex ratio at birth has been noted in some parts of [[Nepal]], most notably in the [[Kathmandu Valley]], but also in districts such as [[Kaski District|Kaski]].<ref name=pmid23674444>{{cite journal | vauthors = Frost MD, Puri M, Hinde PR | title = Falling sex ratios and emerging evidence of sex-selective abortion in Nepal: evidence from nationally representative survey data | journal = BMJ Open | volume = 3 | issue = 5 | pages = e002612 | date = May 2013 | pmid = 23674444 | pmc = 3657664 | doi = 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002612 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/blog/2016-Gender-Inequality-Nepal-BLOG|title=Gender inequality in Nepal: How can we tackle sex-selective abortion?|newspaper=Oxford Institute of Population Ageing|access-date=November 2, 2016|archive-date=September 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915085341/https://www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/blog/2016-Gender-Inequality-Nepal-BLOG|url-status=dead}}</ref> High sex ratios at birth are most notable amongst richer, more educated sections of the population in urban areas.<ref name=pmid23674444/>