Here are seven health statistics aboutbr men that you may not have known. 1. On average, men worldwide diebr about seven years sooner than women. 2. Diabetes is 1.2 times morebr common in Asian American men. 3. 12.4 percent of menbr over the age of 18 are inbr “fair” or “poor health.” 4. About 37 percent of men overbr the age of 20 are classified as obese. 5. Men are roughly 20 percentbr more likely than women tobr suffer from colorblindness. 6. Prostate cancer is the secondbr most common cancer for menbr in the United States. 7. Men are more likely to developbr oral and throat cancer than women are.