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31 Key Factors Explain Why Men Die 5 Years Younger Than Women
Why do men die younger than women? In Dying to Be Men, Dr. Will Courtenay examines over 2,000 studies and identifies 31 key factors that reveal differences between men and women that account for why men die younger.
The following key factors differ for men and women and contribute to men’s greater risk for serious disease, injury and death.
Health-promoting behavior
Risk-taking behavior
Physical abuse and violence
Social support
Behavioral responses to stress
Health care use
Self-rated health status
Perceived susceptibility to risk
Body image
Personal control
Readiness to change unhealthy
behaviors
Masculinity
Expression of emotions and
physical distress
Biology and genetics
Psychophysiology
Ethnicity
Socioeconomic status
Age group
Marital status
Sexual orientation
Occupational hazards
Unemployment
Imprisonment
Societal beliefs about masculinity
and the social treatment of boys
and men
Media and advertisements
Health knowledge
Insurance coverage and health
care costs
Health care access
Institutional influences and research
methodology
Clinician–patient interaction and
communication
Clinicians’ gender biases
Nearly all of these key factors can be modified or controlled to reduce men’s increased health risks.
Dr. Will Courtenay, “The Men’s Doc,” is a leading expert on men’s health and has served on the clinical faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and the University of California, San Francisco, Medical School.
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