title: [A deficit in women--a contributory reason for an imbalance in society].
abstract: The author has carried out a comparison between the female/male ratio (x 100) in different age groups in the Nordic countries and Greenland. The ratio was much the same, about 95, up to the age 45-50 years. But there were two exceptions, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Here the excess of males aged 20-49 years was much higher than in the other countries. In Greenland for this was mainly due to an immigration of adult males, and the female/male ratio was 75.4. Some possible influences on the society are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Universitetet i Tromsø.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Forsdahl
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006116:Greenland; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011153:Population; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D012744:Sex Ratio; D014930:Women