For example, using age-standardized frequencies to control for the
greater life expectancy of women, data from
Statistics Canada in 2005 showed that men are
39% more likely to die from diabetes, 84% from
arterial diseases, and 78% from heart disease
[5]. Men of all ages experience a significantly
higher mortality rate from all kinds of cancer
(using age-standardization and excluding sexspecific
cancers), and this higher rate of death
in men becomes even more pronounced for
men over age 65 [6