Rural men at increased risk of health complications
A new report has found that men living in rural and remote parts of Australia are at a higher risk than city slickers of being down with chronic health conditions.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s snapshot of men’s health in regional Australia, which was released recently, found this group also exposed to severe health risks when compared to their urban counterparts.
From News.SMH.com.au:
When it comes to cause of death, cardiovascular disease is responsible for nearly a third of elevated male death rates outside metropolitan zones.
Male death rates from diabetes are 1.3 times higher in inner regional areas, and 3.7 times as high in very remote areas, when compared with major cities.
Men living outside major cities are more likely to report daily smoking or risky alcohol consumption too, leading to an increase in the incidence of head, neck and lip cancers.
Fatal injury and poisoning were also more common in very remote areas, while the report found rural men were less likely to have an “adequate level of health literacy”.
Indigenous and Rural and Regional Health Minister Warren Snowdon will officially launch the document at a meeting with men’s health organization Andrology Australia in Melbourne on Wednesday morning.
In short, the study pointed out that Aussie males living in regional and remote areas live fewer years than their urban counterparts besides at a higher risk of chronic diseases.
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