In 2010, there were
- 11.1 million males living in Australia (49.8 per cent of the population).
- The median age is 36 years.
- Life expectancy for males is 79 years compared with women at almost 84 years. Australian Social Trends, released in June 2010 by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, revealed that life expectancy for Australian males has increased to over 79 years and that the gap between Australian men and women has narrowed by one year over the past decade.
- Four per cent of males rate their health as poor and nearly half have had a mental health condition, nearly one-quarter have had a disability and nearly one-third have a chronic health condition.
- Coronary heart disease (17.2%)
- Lung cancer (6.7%)
- Cerebrovascular diseases (6.4%)
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (4.2%)
- Prostate cancer (4.2%)
- Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease (3.4%)
- Colorectal cancer (3.1%)
- While males make up a smaller proportion of GP visits, they make up a greater proportion of emergency department presentations.
- Approximately two-thirds of males participate in sport or physical activity (2009-10)
- Males overall are more likely than females to engage in risky behaviours such as smoking and illicit drug use and are more likely to be overweight or obese.
- Males experience higher mortality rates than women across all ages. Reasons for the mortality differences between men and women are complex and involve the interaction of biological, social and environmental factors.
- Much of this mortality and morbidity is related to disease and injuries that are preventable.
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