The state of men's health in later life
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Average male life expectancy at birth is now 75 years.
The incidence
of prostate cancer has increased by over 135 per cent since 1971. Thirty men per 100,000
were diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1971; by 1997, 71 men per 100,000 were diagnosed.
18,300 men are now diagnosed with prostate cancer each year and 8,500 die.
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The number of
men with testicular cancer more than doubled between 1971 and 1997.
There are now over 1,440 new cases diagnosed each
year, although ‘only’ 70 deaths.
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Government and health services must
take urgent action on men`s health, says men`s health forum
 Forty-six recommendations are contained within a new report
on how to improve the poor state of men’s health. Written
by the Men’s Health Forum, the report Getting
It Sorted: A New Policy for Men’s Health
calls upon the Department of Health to establish a national men’s health policy and
for every health policy produced by the Department of Health to take men’s health
into account. The Department of Health has to date,
largely ignored men in its policies and plans. This has meant that there has been little
interest shown in the development of men’s health policy and practice at the local
level.
The Men’s Health Forum runs the UK’s only
comprehensive and dedicated consumer health website for men, www.malehealth.co.uk
This website aims to provide men of all ages and
backgrounds with the information they need to achieve optimal health and to deal with
health problems.
Getting It
Sorted: A New Policy for Men’s Health
is available online on the Forum’s website, www.menshealthforum.org.uk
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