The document provides statistics on health outcomes in the UK. It shows that:
- Men have higher rates of death under age 75 than women, and under age 65.
- Life expectancy has been increasing but men still have lower life expectancy than women. There are also geographic differences.
- The top three causes of death that have decreased from 2002 to 2012 for both men and women are circulatory diseases, cancer, and respiratory diseases.
- Cancer mortality rates are higher for men than women at all ages.
4. 273 884 3,458
10,284
30,990
81,066
111,553
203 509 1,690
6,561
21,550
61,533
165,737
-
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
180,000
1-4 years 5-19 years 20-34 years 35-49 years 50-65 years 65-79 years 80+ years
Number of male and female deaths by age
Men Women
Source: 2012 Mortality Statistics. ONS 2013
11. 2.89
1.65 1.58
2.01
1.70
1.92
1.53 1.62
1.42 1.54
2.89
1.27
2.21
-
0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.00
3.50
Male to female cancer mortality ratio (all ages)
Source: CRUK, Mortality rate ratios are European age-standardised, of male to
female cancer mortality (excluding NMSC), UK, 2010.
13. 0%
1%
1%
2%
2%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
9%
10%
10%
10%
19%
54%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Alzheimer's disease or dementia
Blindness or severe visual impairment
Epilepsy
Kidney or liver disease
Learning difficulty
Long-term neurological problem
Cancer in the last 5 years
Deafness or severe hearing impairment
Long-term mental health problem
Angina or long-term heart problem
Diabetes
Long-term back problem
Asthma or long-term chest problem
Arthritis or long-term joint problem
High blood pressure
[Combined LTCs]
Source: GP Patient Survey, July 2014
14. 40% Full-time paid work
(30 hours or more each
week)
53% Part-time paid work
(under 30 hours each week)
30% Full-time education at
school, college or university
60% Unemployed
99% Permanently sick
or disabled
84% Fully retired from work
62% Looking after the home
53% Doing something else
Source: GP Patient Survey, July 2014
19. Rate of Heart Attack over time, by Employment Status
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22. 0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
Under 16 16 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 to 74 75+
Alcohol-related NHS hospital admissions
(wholly attributable to alcohol)
Male Female
HospitalEpisodeStatistics,HealthandSocialCare
InformationCentre,England-Datafortotalnumber
ofadmissionsforeachICD-10code.2012/13
23. 64%
55%
25%
5%
49%
37%
14%
22%
59%
54%
75%
72%
82%
34%
64%
51%
5%
48%
33%
71%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Arthritis
Bowel cancer
Breast cancer
Cervical cancer
Dementia
Lung cancer
None of the above
Osteoporosis
Prostate cancer
Skin cancer
Which of the following conditions, if any,
do you think you know the symptoms of?
Male Female
Lower claimed
symptom
awareness
Populus survey on behalf of Saga – August 2013 – 11,729 men and women 50+
30. One man in five dies before 65.
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Editor's Notes
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Consultation rate per 1000 person-year by gender and age (5 years age band) in 2010.
Men – 64% of those working full-time – 80% of those self-employed full-time
Nearly twice as like to be working full-time
Losing work can have fatal effects as highlighted in the Department of Health’s recent annual report on the suicide strategy
Similar statistics from studies in Italy and Spain.