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Why men are so unhealthy - and what can be done

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Men are more likely to smoke, drink alcohol, use drugs and have high cholesterol and blood pressure.

They are 60% more likely than women to die prematurely before the age of 75 .

Men are less health-literate and lack confidence and skills to engage with health services.

Machismo is also a factor, says policy adviser Mark Brooks .

Black men in England are twice as likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Men from Indian or Bangladeshi backgrounds are at particularly high risk of diabetes.

But none of this means men are not interested in their own health, says Prof Paul Galdas , a men's health expert at York University .