Sex, Gender, and Women’s Health: Why Women Usually Come Last (PDF; 710 KB)
Source: Disease Control Priorities Project

Both sex and gender matter in health. They may act independently or, more often, they interact to bring about different disease patterns between men and women. Researchers have found that women’s biology (their genetic makeup, physiology, or hormones) seems to have more influence on the onset and progression of diseases than gender. But gender differences in society influence whether women recognize their symptoms and act on them, whether they can seek and obtain quality health care, and how well they comply with treatment.

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