religion, 15, 18, 64, 86, 106–107, 115, 142, 152, 163, 180, 201, 219, 234

Buddhism, 12

Jainism, 12

Sikh, 23, 26, 69

selective neglect, 20, 245

Sen, Amartya, 1, 4, 33–34

Slovenia, 7

South India, 10–13, 21–26, 68–71, 79, 180–181

South Korea, 24, 27–29, 49

substitution hypothesis, 27–29, 51–52, 89

analytic methods for testing, 41, 51–52

results of testing, 132, 139–140, 161, 176, 198, 236–245

Swaraj, Sushma (former Health Minister of India), 2

Taiwan, 28

tribes, 12, 264–266

scheduled tribes, 64, 115, 163, 192, 201, 214

ultrasound, 2–3, 16–17, 51, 64, 240, 246

vegetarian diet, 6–7

violence, 13–14, 35

viral infections, 7–8

vital registration, 28, 247

wanted births, 20, 24, 27, 30–31, 48–50

war, 7