PSY 3121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Prostate Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3121
• Professor: Kathleen Biard

Document Summary

Especially for men; both men and women tend to live longer than their single counterparts. Health bene ts of marriage are linked to how healthy the marriage is: a bad marriage is worse than nothing, especially for women. Women are sicker; men die quicker : summarizes the contradictory statistics on morbidity (illness) versus mortality (death) Women live longer on average: rather than a biological basis, lifestyle factors may relate to this gender difference. Gender roles are strongly related to health risk factors: feminine role permits weakness and help-seeking, women are more likely to take care of themselves properly and are less likely to have an accidental death. The leading cause of death in the u. s. (34%) Similar death rates for men and women over the lifespan, but men tend to die of cvd at younger ages, whereas overall more women than men due of cvd. Second leading cause of death in the u. s. (23%)