Life insurance: the high percentage of cancer death rate in men

The cancer death rate is a third higher for men than women in the UK, a report has found.
In 2010, a total of 202 men per 100,000 died from cancer compared with 147 per 100,000 women, which works out at a 35 per cent difference between the sexes.
That figure is even higher when gender-specific cancers such as prostate, testicular, ovarian and breast are taken out of the equation, as men were 67 per cent more likely to die from the disease.
Men are almost twice as likely as women to die from liver cancer and almost three times as likely to die from oesophageal cancer, the report produced jointly by Cancer Research UK, the Men's Health Forum and the National Cancer Intelligence Network said.
Men under 65 were also 58 per cent more likely to die from cancers that affect both men and women.
The report - presented at the Men's Health Forum conference in London - suggested the reason that men are more likely to die from cancer could be explained by the fact that more men are diagnosed with types of cancer that are harder to treat, such a cancers of the liver, bladder and oesophagus.
Professor Alan White, chairman of the Men's Health Forum and co-author of the report based at Leeds Metropolitan University, said it is vital that the NHS champions a more proactive approach to preventing more men dying from cancer prematurely.
"The impact cancer has on younger men is often overlooked, but these are men whose life is cut too short by the disease. Our report highlights just how big a problem cancer is and highlights the need to understand the reasons why men are more likely to die of cancer to achieve life insurance," he said.
He added that the Men's Health Forum is campaigning for more research to try to better explain these differences between the sexes as well as more male-focused prevention work so that fewer men are struck down by the disease.
Cancer is the leading cause of death in men in the UK, with around 82,500 losing their life to the disease every year.