Gender: gender/sex-related health inequalities

**Table 1: Summary table for gender/sex-related inequalities in clinical conditions**
Condition	Gender/sex-related inequality (or difference)
Asthma	Prevalence is higher in women.
Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD)	Prevalence is higher in men.
Autoimmune disorders	Prevalence is generally higher in women; specific examples include rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
Breast cancer	One in eight women will develop it in their lifetime.
Prostate cancer	One in ten men will develop it in their lifetime.
Lung cancer	Lifetime risk is higher in males; incidence is increasing in women.
Colorectal cancer	Lifetime risk is higher in men.
Chronic liver disease	Mortality and morbidity rates are higher in men.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Mortality higher in men; similar incidence in men and women.
Coronary heart disease	Incidence is higher in men.
Diabetes	Prevalence is slightly higher in men (for both type I and II combined).
Disability	Prevalence of self-reported limiting long-term conditions is similar in men and women.
Epilepsy	Prevalence is higher in men.
Hepatitis C	Prevalence is higher in men.
Injuries	Incidence is higher in men under 65 years, higher in women 75 years and over.
Mental health	Self-reported prevalence of wellbeing similar for men and women (16 years and over), but higher prevalence of mental ill health among women.
Osteoporosis	Higher prevalence in women.
Sexually transmitted infections	Overall, higher incidence in men, but chlamydia incidence is higher in women.
Stroke	Incidence rate is higher for men; mortality rate is higher for women.
Suicide	Suicide rate is higher for men than women.

Our ScotPHO pages on Health conditions contain more detailed information on sex- and gender-related health inequalities.

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