The health of Australia’s males

In 2017–18, fewer than 1 in 30 men and 1 in 15 women ate enough fruit and vegetables. ^(a)

In 2017–18, men were almost twice as likely as women to drink sugar sweetened drinks daily. ^(a)

In 2017–18, 7 in 10 men and 6 in 10 women were overweight or obese. ^(b)

In 2017–18, men were 1.5 times as likely to smoke daily as women. ^(a)

In 2017–18, 1 in 4 men and 1 in 11 women were consuming alcohol at levels placing them at lifetime risk of an alcohol-related disease or injury. ^(a)

In 2016–17, 9 in 10 people killed at work were men. ^(c)

In 2016, 4 in 10 men and 3 in 10 women had experienced physical violence since the age of 15. ^(d)

In 2016, 1 in 20 men and 4 in 20 women had experienced sexual violence since the age of 15. ^(d)

In 2017–18, males and females were equally likely to rate their health as excellent or very good. ^(b)

In 2017–18, around 1 in 2 males and females had at least 1 of the 10 selected common chronic conditions. ^(b)

In 2017–18, around 1 in 6 males and 1 in 4 females had more than 1 of the 10 selected chronic conditions. ^(b)

In 2017, rates of new STI cases were up to 8 times higher in males than females for all STIs except chlamydia. ^(f)

In 2015, males experienced a higher proportion of their total burden (DALY) from dying early due to disease and injury (55%) while females experienced more of their burden from living with disease (56%). ^(e)

In 2015, the leading cause of total disease burden in both males and females was coronary heart disease. ^(e)

Life expectancy at birth for males born in 2015–17 was 80.5 years, and females born in the same period have a life expectancy at birth of 84.6 years. ^(g)

In 2017, the leading cause of death for males was coronary heart disease (10,514 deaths) and for females it was Dementia and Alzheimer disease (8,859 deaths). ^(g)

In 2018–19, 1 in 25 females and 1 in 40 males delayed seeing, or did not see, a GP when needed because of cost reasons at least once in the previous 12 months.^(h)