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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2003 4:38 pm Post subject: About Men's Health --- Some facts |
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DO YOU KNOW THE GRIM FACTS ABOUT MEN'S HEALTH IN NORTHERN IRELAND????
MEN DIE, ON AVERAGE, 10 YEARS BEFORE WOMEN.
FOR EVERY 1 WOMAN DYING FROM CERVICAL CANCER,
6 MEN ARE DYING FROM PROSTATE CANCER.
MONEY SPENT ON CANCER RESEARCH IN 2001:
BREAST CANCER - £4,400,000 -- PROSTATE CANCER - £47,000.
67% OF ALL MEN DIE OF HEART DISEASE.
45% OF ALL MEN ARE OVERWEIGHT.
17% OF ALL MEN ARE CLINICALLY OBESE.
28% OF MEN STILL SMOKE CIGARETTES.
85% OF YOUNG MEN KNOW NOTHING ABOUT TESTICULAR
CANCER AND 200 DIE NEEDLESSLY FROM IT EACH YEAR.
LETS CHANGE THE THE WAY WE LIVE AND DIE
HAVE A MEDICAL CHECK-UP NOW !!!
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