Challenges
Men face a series of health challenges that need to be address in order to have our communities function to their fullest potential.
Current research tells us that:
- men have a suicide rate 3 times higher than women
- 1 in 3 men have been the victims of domestic violence
- men on average die 4-5 years before women
- men are nearly twice as likely to suffer from lung cancer than women
- men are nearly twice as likely to suffer from heart disease than women