Neonatal and infant demographics thumb|upright=1.28|Infant mortality rate trends in India(per 1000 births, under age 1, national average) thumb|390px|Male to female sex ratio for India, based on its official census data, from 1941 through 2011."Sex Composition of the Population", Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (2013) The data suggest the existence of high sex ratios before and after the arrival of ultrasound-based prenatal care and sex screening technologies in India. The table below represents the infant mortality rate trends in India, based on sex, over the last 15 years. In the urban areas of India, average male infant mortality rates are slightly higher than average female infant mortality rates.
neOnatAl anD infaNT demogRapHicS ThUMb|UpRIght=1.28|iNfant MortAlitY RAte trEnDs in iNdiA(per 1000 bIRThs, UNDer agE 1, nATionAl averAGe) thUmB|390px|MaLe TO FEMale seX ratIo fOr iNdia, Based on its ofFicial censuS data, froM 1941 through 2011."sEx coMposiTIon of The popUlatIoN", oFFice oF reGiStraR general and CenSus coMMissIonEr oF inDiA, miNIStry of HOME afFAIrs, goVeRnmeNt of InDia (2013) THe DaTa sUggeST ThE exisTenCE of HiGH sex RatioS BeFore anD afteR The ArRiVal Of UltrASound-based PrENatAl CarE aND seX screenIng technologieS In indiA. tHe tabLe beLoW RepreSeNts thE inFant morTaliTy rAtE tRendS In india, BasEd On seX, over THe Last 15 Years. In thE urBan arEas Of INDia, averaGe male INfAnT mOrtality RATeS aRe sliGhTLy HigHer than aVErAGe female infant mortality rates