In Indonesia, based on data for 2000, the average female life expectancy is 70 years, while men only 65 years old. Meanwhile, recent data in the provinces of DKI Jakarta said the woman's life expectancy reached 72 years and men 65 years.
"Since the beginning of program development, male age was 4-6 years shorter than women and the longer the difference the farther," said Dr. Rizal Edy Wahyudi, SpPD, joined the faculty of the Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia.
There are many factors that influence the vulnerability of men in health, among others, men are more vulnerable beings that are exposed to external risks beyond, such as traffic accidents, pollution, and infectious diseases.
In general, there are 10 things that become the most common cause of death of men, namely heart disease, cancer, accidents, stroke, COPD, diabetes, pneumonia, suicide, kidney, and Alzheimer's.
Another thing is the psychological factor. "The demand to achieve the target or the competence to make the men have the nature of fear, shame, and refused to budge. They're embarrassed and afraid if declared himself ill, later spelled out weak," said Dr. Charles Damping, SpKJ (K).
The men, said Dr. Charles, tend to view problems in a pragmatic and want to quickly finish. "They also do not want to be bothered and impatient," he said.
In contrast, women like to watch themselves and their health. Women also judged to have more free time so that the opportunity to read and seek information about health more than men so that women play an active role in the prevention of health problems in the family.
"Women usually just feel a little pain symptoms has been directly see a doctor, while men tend to resist the pain," said Dr. Charles.
Therefore, women are encouraged to play a role in helping the man noticed his health. "It begins with small things, like preparing a healthy menu for the family, take exercise, and accompany the couple to the doctor for routine health checks," said Dr. Edy.
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