Sex differences - Epidemiology and Health Differences

    • Biological differences.

    • Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends that the term sex difference be used to describe biological processes that differ between males and females and gender difference for features related to social influences.

    • Leading cause of death in women and men is same:

      1. Heart Disease

      2. Cancer

        • Death from cancer: Lung cancer, Breast cancer (in women)

      3. Cerebrovascular disease in women. Accidents in men.

Sex Differences in Health and Disease