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Information & Authors Published In Neurology® Volume 106 • Number 12 • June 23, 2026 : e218093 Publication History Received: October 27, 2025 Accepted: March 26, 2026 Published online: June 2, 2026 Published in issue: June 23, 2026 Permissions Request permissions for this article. Data Availability The data used for this study were derived from The Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT), ntnu.edu/hunt.
Significance Human fertility assessments are disproportionally focusing on women’s childbearing. However, narrowing gender gaps in mortality and sex selective abortion contribute to a masculinization of population structures, which might in turn affect male–female fertility differentials. Our analysis shows that over time this has led to a crossover from lower fertility among women to lower fertility among men.
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