MENS HEALTH: Key issues

About MHF

Male mortality and morbidity

Use of services

Wot Works
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
Men’s Health Forum
• An independent, authoritative advocate for
male health
• Tackling inequalities in policy and practice
• A DH Strategic Partner
• The Centre for Excellence in men’s health
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
UK life expectancy
81.6
77.4
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
Age-standardised mortality rates
three leading causes of death, all ages, per million population,
England and Wales, 2007
Circulatory
diseases
Cancer
Respiratory
diseases
Males
2,303
2,133
859
Females
1,460
1,545
625
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
Premature male deaths

21% of men die of all causes between the ages
of 15-64 years compared to 12% of women

In some areas and for some communities,
male life expectancy is 65 years (or less)
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
Life expectancy at birth by social
class and sex England and Wales, 2002-5
Social class
Males
Females
% difference
1
2
3N
3M
4
5
80.0
79.4
78.4
76.5
75.7
72.7
85.1
83.2
82.4
80.5
79.9
78.1
6.4
4.8
5.1
5.2
5.5
7.4
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
Gender and social class
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
www.menshealthforum.org.uk

Middle-aged men twice as likely to have diabetes
as women

Men twice as likely to not know they have
diabetes.
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
No
Sw rwa
Th
e y
e De d e
Ne n n
th ma
Sw erl rk
itz an d
er s
la
Au nd
st
Ire ria
l
Fi an d
nl
a
Fr n d
Un
a
ite Ge nce
d rm
Ki an
ng y
d
Lu Be om
xe lgiu
m m
bo
ur
g
Ita
S p ly
Po ai
rtu n
G ga
re l
ec
e
Melanoma incidence rate
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
Men
Women
No
Sw rwa
y
De ed e
nm n
Au ark
Th
st
e
Ne Fin ria
th lan
S
Un w erla d
ite itz n d
d er l s
Ki an
ng d
G d
Lu er om
xe ma
m ny
bo
ur
g
Ita
Ire ly
la
Fr n d
a
Be nc
lg e
iu
Sp m
Po ai
rtu n
G ga
re l
ec
e
Melanoma mortality rate
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
Men
Women
Men’s symptom awareness
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
Men’s usage of the health service
25
20
15
10
5
0
Men
ag
es
al
l
75
+
Women
16
-2
4
25
-3
4
35
-4
4
45
-5
4
55
-6
4
65
-7
4
%
Consultation with GP, by gender 1998,1999
Source: General Household Survey, Office for National Statistics
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
Men do not ask for help
Services not responsive to men
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
WORKING WITH MEN:
EFFECTIVE APPROACHES
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
Can’t Read?
Phone this number: 0878 561339
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
www.menshealthforum.org.uk