Across the life span — from infancy to the teen years, midlife and old age — boys and men are more likely to die than girls and women
By Tara Parker-Pope and Caitlin Gilbert – The Washington Post
A silent crisis in men’s health is shortening the life spans of fathers, husbands, brothers and sons.
For years, the conventional wisdom has been that a lack of sex-specific health research mainly hurts women and gender minorities. While those concerns are real, a closer look at longevity data tells a more complicated story.
Across the life span — from infancy to the teen years, midlife and old age — the risk of death at every age is higher for boys and men than for girls and women.
