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1. True - In the U.S., there were 20.6 million women older than 65 in the year 2000, but there were only 14.4 million men older than 65. That’s a ratio of 143 older women for every 100 older men.

2. True - According to the most recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 59.4 percent of men and 50.7 percent of women are overweight or obese.

3. True - In fact, the gender ratio is 4 to 1.

4. True - According to the National Cancer Institute, the probability of developing invasive cancer is 1 in 2 for men and 1 in 3 for women.

5. True - Among adults in 1999, 26 percent of men smoked, while 22 percent of women smoked.

6. True - Of the more than 41,000 traffic fatalities in the year 2000, more than 28,000 were male, and more than 13,000 were female.

7. True - According to the American Heart Association, in 1999 death rates from cardiovascular diseases were 1.3 times greater for men than for women.

8. True - In 1998, males comprised 81% of people who drowned in the U.S.