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Health
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Men
with a serious illness give twice as much information to female doctors
than to male doctors
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Men
have higher death rates than women for all major causes of death:
Ischaemic heart disease 253%
Suicide 252%
Lung cancer 223%
Motor vehicle / traffic accident 170%
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More young men die through suicide
than are killed by road accidents
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Death
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Male
youth suicides have gone up 250% since 1978, the most vulnerable are rural
males
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Men's
use of health services in Austalia is 40% lower than womens
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14%
of boys will experience sexual assult by an adult or older child before
the age of 18
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The
1993-94 the health system costs for prostate cancer was $101 million,
compared with $183 million for breast cancer
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The
average age of men dying from prostate cancer is 77 years
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Men
have a 1 in 8 chance of contracting prostate cancer in their lifetime,
compared with women's 1 in 11 chance of contracting breast cancer.
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A
40 year old Aussie male has a 1 in 2 risk of having a coronary heart disease
in the future, compared with a 1 in 3 risk in women
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Love
& Relationships
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Suicide
rates are higher among never married, divorced and widowed men
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Married
men have a lower incidence of cancer and heart disease and have
lower mortality rates than unmarried men
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Regular
sexual intercourse, which is more likely in a married relationship, has
positive effects on general health
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40%
of Australian marriages break down
Women initiate divorce 4 in 5 cases
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Men
comprise of 97% of Australia's prison population
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More
than 90% of convicted acts of violence are carried out by men, and more
than 70% of the victims of such crimes are men
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Family
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Aussie Father spend
on average 2.5 hours per day with their children
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Men
attending the birth of their child:
1970s - 10%
1990s - 90%
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40% of men, compared
with 28% of women, who are in paid employment find work interferes with
their home life
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Recreation
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Working
fathers were the most dissatisfied of 19,000 Australian employees surveyed
in 1997.
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On
average, Men gamble more frequently than women and spend more than twice
as much
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Men are 106%
more likely than women to consume excess alcohol
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Beer
is the most popular alcoholic beverage
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74%
of Aussie Males aged 18-24 access the internet daily. They are heavy
visitors of movie, entertainment, game and car sites
Males over 25 are heavy visitors to sites with daily news, stock prices
and business information
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Men's
most popular cultural activity is cinema, and least favoured activity
is classical music concert
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Sex
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Aussie
Men get tested for HIV at least twice as often as men in the UK
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60%
of men were sometimes unable to maintain an erection when wearing
a condom
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HIV infection is
on the decline
The
rate of other Sexually transmitted diseases is on the rise
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More
than one-third of men can expect to contract genital herpes
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Work
& Education
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Men
comprise of 56% of employed people
93%
of those who die from work-related illnesses
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Australian men work long
hours compared with other countries…
Men
working more than 45 hours pw
38.1% compared with
USA 27%
Germany 8.3%
Japan 36.7%
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Male
Employment has become increasingly 'casualised'
1997- 21% of working men
1985- 11% of working men
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