Men experience higher mortality from preventable diseases due largely to lower use of preventive medical care and delayed help-seeking. Men accounted for 75 percent of sudden cardiac deaths in a major study, with ages 45–75 at particular risk from coronary artery disease, which can be treatable if diagnosed early. Prostate cancer causes substantial mortality despite effective screening; one in eight men in the US will be diagnosed and one in 44 will die. Cultural attitudes, discomfort with examinations, and misconceptions about screening recommendations contribute to avoidance of routine checks and late-stage diagnoses.
Men appear to be dying disproportionately from preventable diseases and conditions way more than women, and in many cases it's their own damn fault: because they're refusing to go to the doctor until it's too late. In interviews with the New York Times, doctors and public health experts expressed concerns with the state of men's preventative care, which they say many chaps tend to ignore - to their own peril.
According to a landmark study conducted by the American Heart Association in the late 1990s, men made up 75 percent of all sudden cardiac deaths, with men aged 45 to 75 particularly likely to die due to coronary artery disease. With symptoms like chest pain and shortness of breath as early warning signs, coronary artery disease can easily be treated if it's caught early enough - but men have to convince themselves to go to the doctor first.
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