Improving men’s health is a high priority. A boy born in Australia in 2010 has a life expectancy of 78.0 years while a baby girl born at the same time could expect to live to 82.3 years old.
Right from the start, boys suffer more illness, more accidents and die earlier than their female counterparts. Men take their own lives at four times the rate of women (that’s five men a day, on average). Accidents, cancer and heart disease all account for most of male deaths.
Our doctors recognise prevention is vital to improve men’s health outcomes. Moreover, as men attend doctors less frequently than women, our GPs encourage men to return for regular check-ups.
