Skip Navigation LinksSkip Navigation Links
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Safer Healthier People
Blue White
Blue White
bottom curve
 CDC Home Search Health Topics A-Z spacer spacer
spacer
Blue curve MMWR spacer
spacer
spacer


Persons using assistive technology might not be able to fully access information in this file. For assistance, please send e-mail to: mmwrq@cdc.gov. Type 508 Accommodation and the title of the report in the subject line of e-mail.

Notice to Readers: National Men's Health Week --- June 15--21, 2009

June 15--21 is Men's Health Week, the goal of which is to heighten awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys. In 2005, males had higher age-adjusted death rates for all causes of death than did females (1,106.5 deaths versus 663.4 deaths per 100,000 population). Males also had higher age-adjusted death rates for selected causes, including heart disease, stroke, cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases, influenza and pneumonia, diabetes mellitus, human immunodeficiency virus, unintentional injuries, suicide, and homicide (1). When considering sex and race, black males have the lowest life expectancy at birth (69.7 years), followed by white males (75.7 years), black females (76.5 years), and white females (80.6 years) (1).

Population-based approaches are needed to improve men's access to and use of preventive health services early in their lives. Ensuring that all men and their families receive services recommended in evidence-based clinical guidelines, such as those available from the National Guideline Clearinghouse (http://www.guideline.gov), can facilitate early detection and treatment of diseases and other causes of death.

More information about Men's Health Week is available at http://www.menshealthmonth.org/week. CDC's Men's Health website can be accessed at http://www.cdc.gov/men.

Reference

  1. CDC. Health, United States, 2008, with special feature on the health of young adults. Hyattsville, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, National Center for Health Statistics; 2009. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus08.pdf.

Use of trade names and commercial sources is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

References to non-CDC sites on the Internet are provided as a service to MMWR readers and do not constitute or imply endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CDC is not responsible for the content of pages found at these sites. URL addresses listed in MMWR were current as of the date of publication.

All MMWR HTML versions of articles are electronic conversions from typeset documents. This conversion might result in character translation or format errors in the HTML version. Users are referred to the electronic PDF version (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr) and/or the original MMWR paper copy for printable versions of official text, figures, and tables. An original paper copy of this issue can be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, DC 20402-9371; telephone: (202) 512-1800. Contact GPO for current prices.

**Questions or messages regarding errors in formatting should be addressed to mmwrq@cdc.gov.

Date last reviewed: 6/10/2009

HOME  |  ABOUT MMWR  |  MMWR SEARCH  |  DOWNLOADS  |  RSS |  CONTACT
POLICY  |  DISCLAIMER  |  ACCESSIBILITY

Safer, Healthier People

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd, MailStop E-90, Atlanta, GA 30333, U.S.A

 USA.GovDHHS

Department of Health
and Human Services