Male and female health problems in general practice: the differential impact of social position and social roles

The Relationship Between Marital Status and Health

“…Focusing on the single first, in contrast to previous international research (Gijsbers van Wijk et al, 1995;Verbrugge, 1985), the most striking finding is the increasing vulnerability of younger men to physical ill health, as shown in their proportionate increase in the male subpopulation in residential health and social care facilities (see Table 4, Panel A). For example, in 1981, whereas men aged 15 to 54 years accounted for just less than one third (30%) of all beds occupied by single males in residential health and social care facilities, by 1991 this proportion had almost doubled (to 54%), so that they were now in the majority.…”

The Relationship Between Marital Status and Health

“…Focusing on the single first, in contrast to previous international research (Gijsbers van Wijk et al, 1995;Verbrugge, 1985), the most striking finding is the increasing vulnerability of younger men to physical ill health, as shown in their proportionate increase in the male subpopulation in residential health and social care facilities (see Table 4, Panel A). For example, in 1981, whereas men aged 15 to 54 years accounted for just less than one third (30%) of all beds occupied by single males in residential health and social care facilities, by 1991 this proportion had almost doubled (to 54%), so that they were now in the majority.…”

Do men consult less than women? An analysis of routinely collected UK general practice data

“…These studies together provide strong evidence that, on average during the working years men have fewer contacts with their general practitioners (GPs) than women do. It is often suggested that women's higher rates of health service contacts can be attributed to consulting for reproductive health,37 but in these data consultations for reproductive reasons only partially explained the large gap in consulting between men and women in mid-life, reflecting findings from small-scale studies using self-reported data 538 The gender difference in consulting also varied by deprivation status, reflecting a socioeconomic gradient in consulting rates among women but not men.…”

Morbidity figures from general practice: sex differences in traumatology

“…This behaviour is evidently diminishing with ageing. This is contrary to increasing female greater life expectancy, women's never‐ending household chores, lower bone mass and higher frequency of falling, bringing more health problems in elderly women [3,10]. When falling in older age, femur, humerus and wrist are predisposed for fractures.…”

The Relationship Between Marital Status and Health

“…Focusing on the single first, in contrast to previous international research (Gijsbers van Wijk et al, 1995;Verbrugge, 1985), the most striking finding is the increasing vulnerability of younger men to physical ill health, as shown in their proportionate increase in the male subpopulation in residential health and social care facilities (see Table 4, Panel A). For example, in 1981, whereas men aged 15 to 54 years accounted for just less than one third (30%) of all beds occupied by single males in residential health and social care facilities, by 1991 this proportion had almost doubled (to 54%), so that they were now in the majority.…”

Do men consult less than women? An analysis of routinely collected UK general practice data

“…These studies together provide strong evidence that, on average during the working years men have fewer contacts with their general practitioners (GPs) than women do. It is often suggested that women's higher rates of health service contacts can be attributed to consulting for reproductive health,37 but in these data consultations for reproductive reasons only partially explained the large gap in consulting between men and women in mid-life, reflecting findings from small-scale studies using self-reported data 538 The gender difference in consulting also varied by deprivation status, reflecting a socioeconomic gradient in consulting rates among women but not men.…”

Morbidity figures from general practice: sex differences in traumatology

“…This behaviour is evidently diminishing with ageing. This is contrary to increasing female greater life expectancy, women's never‐ending household chores, lower bone mass and higher frequency of falling, bringing more health problems in elderly women [3,10]. When falling in older age, femur, humerus and wrist are predisposed for fractures.…”

The Relationship Between Marital Status and Health

“…Focusing on the single first, in contrast to previous international research (Gijsbers van Wijk et al, 1995;Verbrugge, 1985), the most striking finding is the increasing vulnerability of younger men to physical ill health, as shown in their proportionate increase in the male subpopulation in residential health and social care facilities (see Table 4, Panel A). For example, in 1981, whereas men aged 15 to 54 years accounted for just less than one third (30%) of all beds occupied by single males in residential health and social care facilities, by 1991 this proportion had almost doubled (to 54%), so that they were now in the majority.…”

Do men consult less than women? An analysis of routinely collected UK general practice data

“…These studies together provide strong evidence that, on average during the working years men have fewer contacts with their general practitioners (GPs) than women do. It is often suggested that women's higher rates of health service contacts can be attributed to consulting for reproductive health,37 but in these data consultations for reproductive reasons only partially explained the large gap in consulting between men and women in mid-life, reflecting findings from small-scale studies using self-reported data 538 The gender difference in consulting also varied by deprivation status, reflecting a socioeconomic gradient in consulting rates among women but not men.…”

Morbidity figures from general practice: sex differences in traumatology

“…This behaviour is evidently diminishing with ageing. This is contrary to increasing female greater life expectancy, women's never‐ending household chores, lower bone mass and higher frequency of falling, bringing more health problems in elderly women [3,10]. When falling in older age, femur, humerus and wrist are predisposed for fractures.…”