AUSTRALIA: Men die earlier but women’s health gets four times more funding. “Since 2003 women’s health research received more than $833 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council compared to less than $200 million for men. Breast cancer received $60 million more than prostate cancer and ovarian cancer $64 million more than testicular cancer. The smaller funding for men’s health research is a paradox given their average life expectancy is just 79.7 compared to 84.2 for women. And the fact that one in two Australian men will be diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85 compared to only 1 in 3 Australian women.”