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In honor of National Men's Health Week (June 9–15, 2008), here is some information about men's health. The CDC's Men's Health page reports that: • There are approximately
144.5 million males in the USA (2004).
• 23% of men smoke (2004).
• 70.7% of men aged 20
to 74 years are overweight and 30.2% are obese (2001–2004).
• 26.9% of men aged 20
to 74 years have hypertension and 16.1% have elevated
blood pressure (2001–2004).
• The top three causes
of death in men in 2004 were: heart disease; cancer;
accidents. The CDC Injury Fact Book, which was released in November 2006, reports: • Although females attempt
suicide more than males, males are four times more
likely to die from suicide; year 2002 numbers show
males accounted for 88% of the suicides in the USA.
• Males and children under
age four are at the greatest risk for near-drowning,
and males accounted for 80% of drowning in the USA
in 2002.
• A national survey of
high school students found that 6.1% of male students
and 11.9% of female students reported having been
sexually assaulted.
• Approximately 834,700
men and 1.5 million women are raped or physically
assaulted by an intimate partner each year in the
USA. Some other items: • Prostate
cancer is the most common type of cancer found
in men other than skin cancer. The American Cancer
Society estimates that in 2008 in the USA, there
will be about 186,320 new cases of prostate cancer
and about 28,660 deaths. Overall, about one man in
six will get prostate cancer during his lifetime,
but only one man in 35 will die of the disease. Lung
cancer is by far the leading cause of cancer
death in men and women.
• The CIA
World Factbook reports that the life expectancy
of men in the USA is 75.15 years.
• A hand hygiene survey
released in September 2007 found that 66% of men
and 88% of women wash their hands after using a public
restroom.
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