Australia: New project to help men prevent disease launched

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'A NEW project has been launched to cut the death rate in men from preventable illnesses.

Steve Trumble of the The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners said: "With lung cancer for every 100 women who die, 174 men will die.

"It is similar with emphysema and asthma.

"With suicides, 78 per cent of deaths are men and 75 per cent of transport accidents deaths are men rather than women," Associate Professor Trumble said.

"Cirrhosis of the liver, alcohol-related illnesses and skin cancers are more common in men.'

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