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Men's health status in the city and nationwide is not as high as that of women. Men are less likely to seek out health professionals for general health and reproductive health issues.

The city's male population has a lower health status with a higher mortality and a shorter life span than the females. Local male life span in 2004 was 78.08 years, 4.4 years less than women.

Take sexually transferred diseases as an example. The number of male HIV carriers in China is twice that of females. In Shanghai, men are 3.4 times more likely to be carriers than women.

In the city, many men don't visit doctors for small symptoms. For problems with the reproductive system, they are more reluctant than women to contact professionals.

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