To examine baseline prestroke weight loss and poststroke mortality among men.
Cancer is the leading cause of mortality among men and women worldwide.
Cancer is one of the greatest health concerns, as it is the principal cause of mortality among men and women worldwide; it accounted for 7.4 million deaths (around 13% of all deaths each year).
"There has been no reduction in mortality among men or women in this age group since the mid to late 1980s and Scotland now has the highest mortality among this age group in Western Europe".
"This represents an important collaboration between the Scottish government and Prostate Cancer UK in providing funding for research into a disease that is a major cause of mortality among men in Scotland".
Eastern Europe has the highest lung cancer mortality among men, while northern Europe and the US have the highest mortality among women.
Colorectal cancer (CRC), with ∼150,000 new cases per year, is the third most frequent malignant disease, and with ∼50,000 deaths, constitutes the second leading cause of cancer mortality among men and women in the United States [1].
Our study also reveals a higher mortality among men.
In our previous study we found increased mortality among men, especially in cancer [ 2].
Globally, cancer mortality among men is much higher compared to women [ 4].
We found increased cold-related mortality among men although previous work shows contrasting results.
