A scientific study revealed that the risk of death due to blood pressure, diabetes and AIDS is more increasing in men compared to women, despite the chances of infection with these diseases in both sexes.
The study, published by PLOS, stressed the need to make more efforts to encourage men to engage in health care and preventive medicine programs.
Researcher Angela Zhang, a specialist in the field of public health at the University of South Denmark, says that there must be gender differences regarding health care and treatment issues in general, noting that these differences appear in all aspects of health such as increasing smoking rates in men and high obesity in women, for example.
In the context of the study, the researchers used data on global databases for healthcare and treatment to determine the differences between men and women in health issues.
The study showed that men and women get various forms of health care in cases of blood pressure, diabetes and AIDS from one country to another, and that the factors that increase the risk of infection with these diseases differ from men to women.
The researchers pointed out that men smoke more than women in 86% of countries, knowing that smoking is one of the basic causes of blood pressure, while obesity rates are increasing in women compared to men in 65% of countries.
The researchers confirmed in statements conveyed by the website “Health Day” specializing in medical research that “this data shows that the health condition differs from men to women through pathogens and the form of health care obtained by both sexes, and experiences of dealing with care programs.”