DVM 2110 Chapter Notes -Male Unemployment, Complications Of Pregnancy, Homicide

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Women report poorer self-reported health, but this may also reflect wording and cultural perceptions of survey questions: composite health indicators; Hale (healthy life expectancy); life expectancy at birth and then adjusted downwards to reflect an estimate of time spent during life in poor health: reveals that 14 out of 192 countries had males living a better. Hale than females: this might seem like a small number, but only four countries didn"t have women losing a greater proportion of their life from illness and disability. Dalys have only found a narrow gap between women and men"s morbidity; however, dalys have been criticized for their focus on economic rather than social costs of disease: use of health services; In some settings, men more reluctant to seek service due to not wanting to seem weak. Women more responsible for care of children and vulnerable dependents which may limit them asking for help.

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