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Public release date: 10 March 2010
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As men age, better health means better sex
A new research at University of Chicago finds better health translates into better sex lives, with healthy people more
likely to engage in sex (and good sex at that) and to express an interest in sex.
The authors of the study, also created a novel measure called "sexually active
life expectancy." According to this
new measure, men aged 55 could expect another 15 years of sex while women of the same age could expect 10.6 more
active years. Overall, however, more men reported a satisfying sex life than women, a chasm that widened as people aged.
Despite it's so very fundamental to our existence, people don't look at sexual activity in a scientific way very often.
The focus has always been on illness, but real
sexual health is about well-being and looking at sexual functioning as an
important part of well-being. Women and men are becoming more comfortable talking about sex and having a good sex
life is critical to their overall quality of life.
But the fact that men are doing better than women is something that needs attention, At age 55, men have, on average,
15 years of sexually active life expectancy and women about 11 years. Men who are in excellent or good health gain
an additional five to seven years. What this says is that men benefit more from good health. Men in poor health
lose more years of sexually active life expectancy than do women.
The study found that people with partners were more likely to be having sex and more men than women reported having
partners, especially in later life. The major reason why the picture looks better for men than women is that women
tend to outlive their marriages and relationships, so there are more women in the adult population without partners.
But, regarding
questions about sexual health if you look at women who have partners, the proportion who say they're sexually active is about the same as men
who have a partner.
The study conclusions were published in the March 10 issue of BMJ.
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