Presentation made to the EMHF Primary Care Roundtable about men's health and primary care access - including usage of the internet for health purposes - England - July 2, 2014
4. “The man for the job" by Ви Го
is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
5. Which of the following conditions, if any,
do you think you know the symptoms of?
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
64%
55%
25%
5%
49%
37%
14%
22%
59%
54%
75%
72%
82%
34%
64%
51%
5%
48%
33%
71%
Arthritis
Bowel cancer
Breast cancer
Cervical cancer
Dementia
Lung cancer
None of the above
Osteoporosis
Prostate cancer
Skin cancer
Male Female
Men much less likely to
claim to know
symptoms
Populus survey on behalf of Saga – August 2013 – 11,729 men and women 50+
6. Which, if any, of the following would
prompt you to go the GP?
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Blood in urine
Blood in stool
Severe pain
NET: Feeling ill
Feeling ill for more than 5 days
Felling ill for 3-5 days
Feeling ill for 1-3 days
New lumps
Persistent headaches
Discharge
Nagging pain
Weight loss
Dizziness/nausea
Pressure from partner/ children…
Rashes
Diarrhoea and sickness
NHS poster/TV awareness…
Anxiety
Weight gain
Male Female
But, for any given
symptom, not much
less likely to want to
visit the GP
Populus survey on behalf of Saga – August 2013 – 11,729 men and women 50+
13. MEN
3.6%
1.0%
10.0%
57.1%
28.3%
Over 45 hours
31 up to 45 hours
16 up to 30 hours
6 up to 15 hours
Less than 6 Hours
0% 20% 40% 60%
WOMEN
10.3%
2.2%
31.0%
45.7%
10.7%
0% 20% 40% 60%
Over 45 hours
31 up to 45 hours
16 up to 30 hours
6 up to 15 hours
Less than 6 Hours
Source: ONS Feb-Apr 2014
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15. Colorectal cancer screening uptake – by age and gender
49.0%
53.0%
51.0%
56.6%
56.1% 56.4%
58.0%
56.0%
54.0%
52.0%
50.0%
48.0%
46.0%
44.0%
60-64 65-69 Total
Male Female
C Wagner et al, “Inequalities in participation in an organized national colorectal cancer screening programme: results from the first 2.6 million invitations in England, International Journal of Epidemiology, (2011) 10.1093
17. Men as proportion of those presenting for chlamydia screening
36%
27%
23%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Internet General Practice Sexual and Reproductive
Health Services
(amongst those with available data)
18. Internet users and non-users, by age group (years) and sex, UK
99.1 98.9 97.7
93.9
88.7
73.6
47.1
89.3
99.3 99.0 97.8
94.8
86.4
67.7
29.5
85.3
120.0
100.0
80.0
60.0
40.0
20.0
0.0
16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+ All
Male Female
Internet Access Quarterly Update, Q1 2014, ONS
19. Men
38%
Women
62%
NHS Choices: Public Omnibus Survey Jan 2014
20. Used the internet to look up health or social care information
50%
59%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Men Women
NHS Choices: Public Omnibus Survey Jan 2014
21. • Men are less interested in health, but this
makes surprisingly little difference once
something is physically ‘wrong’…
• Men are less likely to research health issues
and engage in preventative and screening
activities
• During working age – mainly due to inconvenience
– impact on earnings – and pressure of time
• Because they feel ‘well’ and any communication
needs to address this…
22. • One factor may be that men are less likely to
be carers during working age
• How much ‘extra’ female engagement with health
services or information is due to their caring role?
• The critical challenge remains engaging men
in screening and improving their health
behaviours…
• Health via the workplace remains a critical priority
• Do we need to drive awareness of pre-65 mortality?
Editor's Notes
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Consultation rate per 1000 person-year by gender and age (5 years age band) in 2010.
GP Referral: includes routine and urgent referrals where the patient was not referred under the Two Week Wait referral route.
Two Week Wait: urgent GP referrals with a suspicion of cancer.
Emergency Presentation: an emergency route via A&E, emergency GP referral, emergency transfer, emergency admission or attendance.
Other Outpatient: an elective route starting with an outpatient appointment that is either a self-referral, consultant to consultant referral, other or unknown referral (these referrals would not include patients originally referred under the Two Week Wait referral route).
Screen Detected: flagged by the cancer registry as detected via the breast or cervical screening programmes.
Inpatient Elective: where no earlier information can be found prior to admission from a waiting list, booked or planned.
DCO: diagnosis by death certificate only.
Unknown: no relevant data available from IP or OP HES or from NCWT or screening.
GP Referral: includes routine and urgent referrals where the patient was not referred under the Two Week Wait referral route.
Two Week Wait: urgent GP referrals with a suspicion of cancer.
Emergency Presentation: an emergency route via A&E, emergency GP referral, emergency transfer, emergency admission or attendance.
Other Outpatient: an elective route starting with an outpatient appointment that is either a self-referral, consultant to consultant referral, other or unknown referral (these referrals would not include patients originally referred under the Two Week Wait referral route).
Screen Detected: flagged by the cancer registry as detected via the breast or cervical screening programmes.
Inpatient Elective: where no earlier information can be found prior to admission from a waiting list, booked or planned.
DCO: diagnosis by death certificate only.
Unknown: no relevant data available from IP or OP HES or from NCWT or screening.
GP Referral: includes routine and urgent referrals where the patient was not referred under the Two Week Wait referral route.
Two Week Wait: urgent GP referrals with a suspicion of cancer.
Emergency Presentation: an emergency route via A&E, emergency GP referral, emergency transfer, emergency admission or attendance.
Other Outpatient: an elective route starting with an outpatient appointment that is either a self-referral, consultant to consultant referral, other or unknown referral (these referrals would not include patients originally referred under the Two Week Wait referral route).
Screen Detected: flagged by the cancer registry as detected via the breast or cervical screening programmes.
Inpatient Elective: where no earlier information can be found prior to admission from a waiting list, booked or planned.
DCO: diagnosis by death certificate only.
Unknown: no relevant data available from IP or OP HES or from NCWT or screening.
Men – 64% of those working full-time – 80% of those self-employed full-time