A Study on the Sex Ratio in Ardabil, Iran during the Last Decade

In recent years, population growth has faced to serious challenges. In addition to population decline, some demographic changes could exacerbate the population crisis. One of them is the sex ratio of birth. This study was conducted to investigate the sex ratio in Ardabil from 2011 to 2022. In this cross-sectional study, data of the last ten years in all rural and urban areas of Ardabil were collected. The results showed that in addition to the decreasing trend of live births in Ardabil, the sex ratio is higher than normal and has an increasing trend. The highest sex ratio was observed in 2022, when there were 127 live boys’ births versus 100 girls, is higher than all reports so far in the world. This trend is threatened the regeneration. Some of the solutions in this field is to create a culture and eliminate preventing social factors to have girls.