Men and women in Australia: the healthiest and wealthiest

The Canberra Times reveals interesting statistics about men and women in Australia. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has reported that Australian women are healthier, live longer, and are better educated than Australian men, but earn less and are in fewer leadership or senior positions in business, politics, or the law.

A girl born today is expected to live to 83.9 years, while boys will live to 79.3 years. This is due to the likelihood that women are less likely than men to be overweight, smoke, drink excess alcohol, or die from heart disease. The proportion of overweight or obese women is 47.6% compared to 62.8% of men; 11.7% of women drink alcohol at risky levels compared to 15% of men; and 19% of women smoke compared to 23% of men). However, during their lifetime more women will experience an anxiety disorder (32% compared to 20% of men) or depression (18% compared to 12% of men). Australian men are twice as likely to experience substance abuse (alcohol or drugs) and more than three times more likely to commit suicide.

Australian women are more likely to attain a post-secondary school degree (38.3% of women compared to 30% of men), but this does not translate into higher pay than men. Female graduates earn, on average, $2,000 a year annual salary less than a male in their starting salaries, and the average hourly rate for women is $3 less than for a male. Men continue to hold the most percentage of top jobs in Australia (97% of chief executives in the nation’s top 200 companies are men; 77% of federal cabinet ministers are men; and more than 71% of Commonwealth judges and magistrates are men). Despite this salary discrepancy, females are more likely to buy their own home (62.2% of women compared to 58.8% of men).

Australian men are more likely to have experienced violence in the past year than women (10.8% compared to 5.8% of women), but women are more than three times as likely to experience violence from their partner. Women have experienced more harassment than men in the past year (19% compared to 11.6% of men). Women were also stalked more than men in the past year (2.5% compared to 1.5% of men). Men are more than ten times likely to be imprisoned than women.

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