Male children aged 4 to 11 years accounted for 55.5 per cent. Honourable senators, child mortality is terrifying. The survival of male children has received little attention in recent times. Let us review the state of survival of male children. I just mentioned that 59 per cent of the investigations of child abuse are male children aged 0 to 3 years old.
Male children are the recipients of most physical abuse from parents and mothers.
For example, they administer more punishment to male than female young, just as human parents do. We know that domestic discord affects children adversely, and is the major cause of behavioral and anti-social problems in male children. The 1984 Vital Statistics published by the Registrar General of Ontario revealed that newly born male infants are more vulnerable in the post neo-natal period, accounting for 58 per cent of deaths of infants aged zero to 12 months. Infant homicide is increasing. Children continue to die at the hands of their caretakers and parents, and many deaths are not classified or detected as homicides.