If you are a man, you are three times more likely to experience a heart attack than is a woman. After age 65, you are twice as likely to experience heart disease. Overall, men are one and one-half times more likely to develop cancer during their lifetime. After diagnosis, men do not live as long as women with cancer. According to automobile insurance statistics, men tend to drive more recklessly and are less likely to wear seat belts than women.
Men are five times more likely to die from drowning.
The fourth leading cause of death for men is stroke, and is 1.2 times more likely to kill a man than a woman. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and astham, is the fifth leading cause of male deaths. If you are a man, you are one and one-half times more likely to die from pneumonia or flu. Nine out of ten HIV-related deaths occur among men. Researchers believe two factors may influence this statistic.