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10 Facts About Women's
Health
February
2009
While life
expectancy is higher for women than men in most countries, a number of health
and social factors combine to create a lower quality of life for women. Unequal
access to information, care and basic health practices further increases the
health risks for women.
Discrimination
on the basis of their sex leads to many health hazards for women, including
physical and sexual violence, sexually-transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS,
malaria and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Tobacco use is a growing
threat among young women, and mortality rates during pregnancy and childbirth
remain high in developing countries.
This fact
file highlights 10 key areas that have serious consequences for women's health.
Read more about women's health
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10 Facts About
Women's Health
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Smoking rates among men tend to be 10 times
higher than women. However, due to recent aggressive tobacco marketing
campaigns aimed at women, tobacco use among younger females in developing
countries is rising rapidly. Women generally have less success in quitting the
habit, have more relapses than men, and nicotine replacement therapy may be
less effective among women.
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