‘Too Many Dying Too Young’: Paramedics Urge Men to Take Care of Their Health

Published on June 11, 2024

Australian men are being urged to make their health a priority as data from Victoria’s emergency service showed 50 die each day from preventable causes. Ambulance Victoria’s (AV) paramedics said this International Men’s Health Week is about educating men on how to look out for their health and that being healthy is about more than being physically fit. “Too many Australian men are dying too young,” said Anthony Carlyon, AV Executive Director Operational Communications, in a media release on June 11. In 2022, Australian males experienced more of their total disease burden due to dying prematurely (54 percent) than from living with ill health (46 percent), data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) revealed. For females, it’s the opposite....

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