Health and diseases are distributed unevenly among different sexes. Important differences are outlined.
Women in the US live longer than men. Perhaps the only country where they do not is India.
Various diseases affect women more commonly and some affect men more commonly.
Ischemic heart disease affects women, on the average, about 10-15 years after it gets men.
Rheumatologic disorders affect women more commonly (except Ankylosing spondylitis and poly-arteritis nodosa). M:F ratio in SLE is 1:9
Osteoporosis is much commoner in women.
Access to health-care is less for women.
Ischemic heart disease is treated less aggressively in women than
in comparable men.