This document summarizes key issues in men's health based on data from several European countries. It finds that men are less likely than women to access primary care services like seeing a GP or getting cancer screenings. Cancer survival rates also vary significantly across Europe, with some countries showing up to an 18% difference between men and women. Retirement ages are increasing in several European nations to account for rising life expectancies. The document examines data on melanoma and prostate cancer incidence and mortality. Overall, it outlines gender differences in health outcomes and healthcare utilization in Europe.

1. Life Beyond Prostate Cancer
Mens Use of Primary Care Services
EPAD 2015
Ian Banks
EMHF
ECCO
ESMO
RSPH
Ulster University
Queens University
Leeds University

4. Difference (%) between men and women
in cancer survival across Europe
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5. Melanoma incidence rate
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Women

6. Melanoma mortality rate
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8. Two-thirds of adult cancers largely
‘down to bad luck’ rather than genes
It may be sheer good fortune that some people exposed to
cancer-causing agents do not develop the disease
Sarah Boseley, health editor Guardian Newspaper 2.1.15

9. Key Issues in Men’s Health
Men less likely than
women to:
• See a GP
• Attend for a Health Check
• Opt for bowel cancer screening
• Visit a pharmacy
• Have a dental check-up

10. Key Issues in
Men’s Health

12. Work vs Retirement Age
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FRANCE
• Retirement age up by 2 years to
62 in 2010
• Life Expectancy: 81
ITALY
• Retirement age increasing by 3
or 6 months
• Life Expectancy: 80
GERMANY
• Retirement age increasing from
65 to 67 between 2012 & 2029
• Life Expectancy: 79
SPAIN
• Retirement age may increase by
2 years (65 – 67)
• Life Expectancy: 80
UNITED KINGDOM
• Retirement age to increase by 1
year to 66 by 2020; and to 67 by
2050
• Life Expectancy: 79

13. Primary Care Round Table
Brussels 2013
EMHF

15. North Sea Helicopter Crash 'Was Preventable'
Families of the 16 men who died call for the Lord Advocate to look again at
the evidence and reconsider a criminal prosecution.
22:54, UK, Thursday 13 March 2014