Essential Resources To Improve Men and Man-Child Health

Men’s Health Disparities

Despite our nation’s vast advances in science, public health and health care, the health status of racial and ethnic minority men continues to lag behind the general population. The links below provide information about disparities among boys and men in the United States.

See statistics on health disparities:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Alcohol Use and Risks to Men's Health

• CDC Leading Cause of Death in Males

• CDC Fast Stats – Men’s Health

• CDC Men and Heart Disease

• CDC Prostate Cancer Statistics

• Healthy People 2020 Health Disparities Data Widget

• Office of Minority Health Minority (OMH) Population Profile

Health Resources and Publications

• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Nutrition for Young Men

• American Heart Association Top 10 Reasons Men Put Off Doctor Visits

• Blueprint for Men’s Health: A Guide to a Healthy Lifestyle, 2nd Edition

• CDC Cancer and Men

• CDC National Men’s Health Week

• CDC Prostate Cancer Awareness

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Men’s Health and Smoking

• Men’s Health Network

• Men’s Health Library

• MyHealthfinder Men: Take Charge of Your Health

• National Institute on Aging (NIA) Prostate Problems

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Men and Depression

• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Brother, You’re on My Mind

• National Men’s Health Week

• OMH Men’s Health Data Briefs

• Social Determinants of Men’s Health Disparities

• Tips for Good Health in Later Life: For Older Men

Source: Minority Health HHS.gov