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In a study of over 22,000 births in Zaria, Nigeria, it was found that maternal mortality was 2-3 times higher for women 15 years old and under than for women from 16–29 years old. [6] It was also found that in Africa , those under the age of 15 are 5-7 times more likely to have maternal deaths than women just 5–9 years older.
While estimates vary widely, [39] [40] eating disorders are estimated to affect as high as 13% of women in some age groups [41] [42] [43] and 3% of men in Western cultures, with anorexia nervosa affecting 10 women for each man and bulimia nervosa affecting 8 women for each man. [44] Alzheimer's disease has a higher incidence in females compared ...
Number of people with disease Notes Herpes: 4,000,000,000 [3] It is estimated that more than two-thirds of the global population has herpes, though it mostly lies dormant. Human papillomavirus infection: 800,000,000 [4] Chlamydia: 450,000,000 [5] Hepatitis B: 356,000,000 [6] Preventable with the Hepatitis B vaccine: Gonorrhea: 50,000,000 [5]
Over 45 for men and over 55 for women. Family history. Having a family history of early heart disease. Sex. People born male are at increased risk. Congenital defects. Having problems with your ...
Scientists have never been able to explain why women are at such greater risk of autoimmune disease, but new research published in Cell on February 1 could hold the answer. And the key lies in the ...
Women are far more likely than men to get autoimmune diseases, when an out-of-whack immune system attacks their own bodies — and new research may finally explain why. It’s all about how the ...
In 2005, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), about 58 million people died. [1] In 2010, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation , 52.8 million people died. [ 2 ]
For example, when multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis do occur in men, they tend to develop later in life for men (around age 30–40) than for women, when incidence rises after puberty. [3] Some autoimmune diseases affect both sexes at roughly equal rates, or have only a slight female predominance. [40]