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- Medical Video: Experiencing Sibling Death a Powerful, Persistent Risk Factor for Early Mortality
- 1. Men are at risk of developing cardiovascular disorders earlier
- 2. Men's lifestyles tend to pose health risks
- 3. Men tend to avoid health checks
- 4. Men have less socialization
- 5. Men have a higher suicidal tendency
Medical Video: Experiencing Sibling Death a Powerful, Persistent Risk Factor for Early Mortality
Men tend to be identical to physical conditions that are stronger than women, but in reality, men are more at risk of experiencing premature death. This has been proven by various mortality statistics from year to year.
WHO's mortality statistics show, in Indonesia, the mortality rate of men begins to increase to be higher than women in the age group of 20-24 years. This tends to be consistent up to the age group of more than 70 years. Of the various causes of death, there are several things that can increase the risk of premature death in men compared to women.
1. Men are at risk of developing cardiovascular disorders earlier
Hormonal differences are the main reason why men are more at risk of developing cardiovascular disease than women. Compared to women, men only have a little hormone estrogen. In women, estrogen is enough to control blood cholesterol levels. This causes, the accumulation of cholesterol in men can begin faster or around adolescence.
However, this is also triggered by several other cardiovascular disease risk factors such as hypertension, obesity, and unhealthy lifestyles in men. In addition, women are still at risk of developing cardiovascular disorders, it's just that the risk is much lower as long as they haven't entered the menopause phase where the body stops producing the hormone estrogen.
2. Men's lifestyles tend to pose health risks
Various male behaviors are generally influenced by the tendency of the nature of masculinity. However, this is often misinterpreted and expressed by various unhealthy behaviors, one of which is smoking. Based on the results of the tobacco survey in adults in 2011, 67.0% of men in Indonesia were smokers. This is far different in the group of women who only 2.7% are smokers.
There are also many male individuals who undergo work that requires more physical strength, and have higher health risks, including military personnel, firefighters, and construction workers. Not a few men who choose this type of work but without carefulness in taking risks, and that can adversely affect health to death.
Based on the thought process, male behavior tends to be influenced by the front brain which also triggers the "risk taker" nature. Therefore, men are more likely to have less consideration of the consequences of behavior taken, which can lead to violence, accidents, and unhealthy lifestyles.
3. Men tend to avoid health checks
Although in Indonesia many people are reluctant to seek treatment, this tends to be lower in men. Male individuals tend to be open to closest people such as family or friends and are more likely to be closed to health workers, even to talk about complaints about disturbances experienced.
If no one can be relied on, men tend to be closed to the conditions they experience. This is also triggered by social pressure from the nature of masculinity that they experience, causing men to hide emotions to limit interaction and access to needed health services.
4. Men have less socialization
Male individuals are more likely to have a closed nature than women. This causes men to socialize less with age. This causes men to mature and continue to experience isolation from the social environment because they do not have the closest person.
In addition to socializing can prevent the occurrence of depression, having more friends can be beneficial to health and reduce the risk of premature death. This is also in accordance with a study that showed men in old age tended to experience isolation from the social environment. In addition, the results of the study also indicate a risk of premature death of up to 26% in individuals experiencing social isolation.
5. Men have a higher suicidal tendency
Suicidal tendencies are something that is influenced by many things, especially if this happens to men. This is because the perception of men who pay less attention to mental health and cultural values about masculinity, causes men to choose to bear their own burdens and tend to close themselves. As a result, suicidal tendencies due to depression can get worse when men do not seek help or talk about it with the closest person.
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