MEN’S VS WOMEN’S HEALTH

What does your gender have to do with health? Are men healthier than women or women healthier than men? The answer is too complicated as in some areas, men fare better; in others, women.

Women tend to live longer than men, but when you compare the health of men and women who lived more, the men were generally in far better health then women. Men have a 60% higher mortality rate largely because of heart diseases, which are often caused due to smoking and other behaviours which also increases rates of lung cancer and emphysema.

Along with whether we are male or female, genetics and lifestyle are among the key factors that play a role in our health. But there are some things we do know about sex and health. 

·         Heart diseases are the leading cause of death in both sexes, but women develop it later than men. Among people with diabetes, women have higher rates of heart disease.

·         Men are more likely than women to develop blood pressure issues before age 55. After that, it reverses its cycle, and women are more likely to acquire it.

·         At younger ages, women have a lower risk of high cholesterol but over time, both sexes are at about the same risk. Men are more likely to have strokes, while women are more likely to die from them.

·         When on one hand women have stronger immune systems than men, then on the other they have three times as many autoimmune disorders.

·         Boys tend to have more allergies and asthma than girls up until puberty. But after puberty, females are more prone to them.

Acquiring Healthy Behaviours

It is even a mixed bag, when you look at how our habits and behaviour affects our health. Women are more likely to see a doctor on a regular basis than men and are more concerned about their health. Where men exercise more than women, yet they have a higher rate of overweight and obesity. There is a drop in number of people of both the sexes in the US who smoke but smoking still remains the leading cause of preventable diseases and deaths. 

So what’s the catch? You can’t control your gender, but you can lead a healthy lifestyle that will definitely reduce your risk for some of the main causes of serious diseases. You’ve heard it before and will hear it always, but a healthy diet, lifestyle, exercise, reducing stress, not smoking and staying at a healthy weight are going to optimize your well-being, irrespective of your gender.

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