May 15 (UPI) -- Gender discrimination in India kills 239,000 girls under the age of five each year, according to a study released Monday.
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis said the causes of death were mainly due to unwanted child bearing and neglect. Over the past decade, an estimated 2.4 million girls under 5 lost their lives. That number doesn't include abortions of female fetuses, which has contributed to a gender gap of 63 million more boys than girls in India.