This report is the fourth in a series on the health of Australia’s males. It continues and completes the life course by focusing on males aged 25 and over. Findings include:
– Males aged 25 and over in 2011 can expect, on average, to live to 80 or over
– One in 10 males aged 50-59 (11%) and 60-69 (10%) are, on a daily basis, at risk of injury resulting from excessive alcohol
– Employed males are less likely to rate their health as fair or poor (11%) compared with unemployed males (37%) and males not in the labour force (41%)