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JOSEPH MACDONALD, DO, FACOI
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tereotypes and generalizations are not
typically well received. Consider this statement, "Men are stronger than women."
This thought is unpopular because it is
a sexist generalization. Here is one for you,
"Men die younger than women!" This, too, is a
generalization; not ALL men die younger than
ALL women. Statistically speaking, however, by
the age of 100, women outnumber men eight
to one. The average male lives to be 78.8, nearly

five years less than the average female. This shows
some improvement considering in 2010 male
life expectancy was reported to be 75.4 years.
The five leading causes of death in men are
cardiac disease, cancer, trauma, stroke, and
suicide. Cardiac disease in men is particularly
deadly. Men are more likely to die of ischemic
heart disease (heart attack) than any other disease. The male death rate from heart attack is 86

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percent higher than the female death rate from
the same. Many men ignore their symptoms
and seek care much too late. Often men do
not seek routine health care, which would help
identify risk factors such as high blood pressure,
diabetes, and high cholesterol.
There are risk factors for ischemic heart
disease that are not modifiable, such as age,
sex, and family history. But other risk factors



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