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Crisis of Men’s Health

1. Men face a shorter lifespan than women, by nearly 6 years.
2. The suicide rate for males 15-24 years-old rose by 26%, from 2010 to 2023.
3. Each year, 200,000-250,000 men ages 25-64 die from accidents, heart disease, suicide and other causes. These causes are largely preventable.
4. The annual lost productivity due to these deaths exceeds $700 billion to $1 trillion.
5. When an elderly man dies, his wife faces a three-times greater risk of being admitted to a nursing home.
6. The crisis for racial and ethnic minorities is especially severe.—>

Solving the Crisis

Efforts currently are underway to dramatically expand attention to men’s health:

• Annalisa Merelli: Momentum Builds for a Federal Office of Men’s Health
• Dominick Shattuck: A Turning Point for Men’s Health Policy in North America?
• American Medical Association: Resolution to Establish Federal and State Offices of Men’s Health

• Proposed legislation:
  • Federal:
    • White House Council on Fathers and Sons Act, H.R. 7800
    • Dads Matter Act, H.R. 5828 and S. 2131
  • State-level:
    • California: Assembly Bill 1956 will amend the state Health and Safety Code to list boys and young men as a priority population of the Office of Suicide Prevention.
    • Maryland: House Bill 341 to establish a Maryland Commission for Boys’ and Men’s Health.
    • Virginia: SB447 to create an Advisory Commission for Boys and Men.

Coalition for an Office of Men’s Health

• The State of Men’s Health Act, H.R. 7602, will establish an Office of Men’s Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
  • Contact your Representative and Senators to support H.R. 7602. Get contact information HERE.
• Members of the Coalition for an Office of Men’s Health:
  • American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Men’s Health Member Interest Group
  • American Men’s Health Nursing Alliance
  • Foundation for Male Studies
  • Healthy Men, Inc.
  • John Henry Institute on Black Men’s Policy and Policy Innovation
  • Men Are Good
  • Men’s Health Program at Metropolitan State University, Denver
  • National Coalition for Men
  • SAVE
  • Washington Initiative for Boys and Men
• The Coalition is engaged in a variety of public awareness and advocacy efforts.
• If your organization would like to join the Coalition, contact info@saveservices.org.

Press Releases

• February 26: Growing Momentum Across the Nation to Remedy ‘Crisis’ of Men’s Health
• July 23: 60 Organizations Call on DHHS to Promptly Establish Office of Men’s Health