Men's Health Stats: An Index on Men and Aging
June is National Men’s Health Month, and this week spotlights National Men’s Health Week leading up to Father’s Day.
In an effort to promote healthy aging in men, A Place for Mom compiled this men’s health index of surprising stats on aging, behavior, longevity and love. Learn more about men’s health statistics from this index on men and aging.
Men’s Health Statistics
The goal of Men’s Health Week is to raise awareness on how to prevent health problems through early detection and treatment of diseases. People are encouraged to participate in activities ranging from fundraising for prostate cancer to “Wear Blue Day” and many other activities.
Below is a collection of men’s health statistics that celebrates both the common and unique ways in which men age:
Difference Between Men and Women
Current U.S. ratio of 100+ year-old men to women: 1:5
Current U.S. population of men age 65 and older: 17.9 million
Age at which women outnumber men 3:1: 89
Worldwide ratio of baby boys to baby girls born every year: 1.07:1
Death rate, in developed countries, for infant boys compared to girls: 1.24:1
Record Setting Men
Youngest U.S. male college graduate ever: 10
Youngest Nobel-Prize-winning man: 25
Youngest male Mensa club inductee (who potty trained himself at age one after reading a book about it): 2.5
Oldest elected U.S. president: 69
Oldest male Olympic gold medal winner: 72
Oldest new dad on record: 96
Oldest Best Actor Oscar winner: 76
Oldest man to climb Mount Kilimanjaro: 84
Oldest man to climb Mount Everest: 80
Oldest male competitive marathon runner: 101
Age of the world’s oldest man at the time of his death: 116
Life Expectancy of Men
Life expectancy for men who live to be at least 65: 17.8 years
Life expectancy for men who live to be at least 85: 5.7 years
Average life expectancy for a U.S. man: 75.9
First “lifetime happiness” peak for men: 23
Age at which men reach their physical peak: 33
Age at which men reach their mental peak: 42
Second “lifetime happiness” peak for men: 65
Men, Love and Marriage
Average age at which a U.S. man gets married for the first time: 29
Percent of men age 65 and older who have never married: 4.4%
Percent of men age 65 and older who are married: 72%
Average age of the woman a 70-year-old man on Match.com seeks: 58
Average age of the man a 70-year-old woman on Match.com seeks: 66
Age of world’s oldest bridegroom: 96
The Physical and Mental Peak of Men
Percent of U.S. men age 65 or older who live in poverty: 7%
Percent of 65 to 69 year-old men still in the workforce: 36.5%
Age at which the average man’s testosterone level starts to decline at 1% per year: 30
Rate at which men’s brains shrink after age 40: 5% per decade
Percent of older men with hearing loss: 46%
Percent of U.S. men age 65 and older with heart disease: 37%
Percent of men who will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives: 40.8
First age at which the average man has a 1% chance of dying with a year: 85
Index Sources
2. ABC Science
3. Live Science
4. Guinness World Records: Oldest Person to Climb Mt Everest
6. Impowerage
8. The New York Times: The New Old Age
9. National Center for Biotechnology Information
10. U.S. Social Security Administration: Office of Policy
12. American Association of Suicidology
13. The Guardian
15. The Daily Caller
16. The Atlantic
17. Guinness World Records: Oldest Oscar Winner as Best Actor
19. Social Security Administration
20. The Independent
22. Guinness World Records: Old Couple to Marry
23. Guinness World Records: Oldest Man to Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
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