Men life expectancy
Today, the average life expectancy for women is 79 and for men is 72. As men and women approach these ages, the life expectancy will most likely increase with treatments and cures for diseases and therapies for ones like cancer, heart attack, influenza or Alzheimer's.
Statistics show that women take more preventative measures to protect their health status, because they worry more about it than men do. To help men improving the average of their life expectancy, we try to provide as much as information we can related to diseases and conditions that may influence expectancy and quality of life.
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Men: Stay healthy at any age
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides men with an evidence-based checklist
available in English and Spanish. This Checklist for Health, is a pocket-size printing designed to
guide men regarding which medical checkup tests they need to stay healthy at any age.
The checklist for men includes recommendations about cholesterol checks, tests for high blood pressure,
colorectal cancer screening and new Task Force recommendations on screening for obesity, abdominal
aortic aneurysm and HIV.
Your Checklist for Health is Here
Life expectancy
Statistics of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), show that over a million American men died in 2003.
Nearly 80 percent, about 800,000 of them died of heart disease. According to CDC heart disease is the leading causes of death among American men.
The same statistics reveal men are at higher risk of death than are women in most of leading causes of death.
As a result, the average span life of an American man is 5.3 fewer years than of an average woman. In 2003, female
life expectancy was 80.1 years and male life expectancy was 74.8 years.
Top Search Topics for Men
Statistics show that the following are the most frequently searched Men's Health Topics on AOL Search:
- Prostate cancer
- Urinary tract infections
- Insomnia
- Hair loss
- Vasectomy
- Ulcerative colitis
- Diabetes
- Impotence
- Prostatitis
- Indigestion
10 leading killers of American men in 2004
| All Males,
All Ages |
Percent* |
| 1) Heart
disease |
27.2 |
| 2) Cancer |
24.3 |
| 3)
Unintentional injuries |
6.1 |
| 4) Stroke |
5.0 |
| 5) Chronic
lower respiratory diseases |
5.0 |
| 6) Diabetes |
3.0 |
| 7) Influenza
and pneumonia |
2.3 |
| 8) Suicide |
2.2 |
| 9) Kidney
disease |
1.7 |
| 10)
Alzheimer's disease |
1.6 |
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2004
Leading Causes of Death for Men by Ethnicity
(Please note that these causes of death are not necessarily current and can vary among these populations over time. This table remains here to illustrate that there are often considerable differences in the leading causes of death among men.)
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All Males |
European American |
African American |
Native American |
Asian American |
Hispanic American |
| 1 |
Heart Disease |
Heart Disease |
Heart Disease |
Heart Disease |
Heart Disease |
Heart Disease |
| 2 |
Cancer |
Cancer |
Cancer |
Unintentional Injuries |
Cancer |
Cancer |
| 3 |
Cerebrovascular Disease |
Cerebrovascular Disease |
HIV Infection |
Cancer |
Cerebrovascular Disease |
Unintentional Injuries |
| 4 |
Unintentional Injuries |
Unintentional Injuries |
Unintentional Injuries |
Diabetes |
Unintentional Injuries |
HIV Infection |
| 5 |
Chronic Lung Disease |
Chronic Lung Disease |
Homicide |
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis |
Pneumonia and Influenza |
Homicide |
Age-well.org Live Younger Longer
Information about
strategies to age well and live a long, active life. These include eating well, exercising regularly, looking after one’
s body, and giving up habits detrimental to health. Informs on age-related diseases and prevention, keeping mind and
brain alert, and looking younger.
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