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Southern Cross Health Insurance has released the top surgical claims by age and it shows younger people get their noses and teeth fixed, while older people it's more about hips and knees.
According to the Southern Cross Healthy Futures Report 2020, 12% of men don’t seek professional advice or treatment when they’re really unwell, and 34% take more than two days to seek that advice.
This is despite 57% being worried about experiencing or developing an illness and 39% being concerned about inheriting an illness.
Southern Cross chief medical Officer Dr Stephen Child says “The ‘she’ll be right attitude’ is still an issue when it comes to New Zealand men taking their health seriously, and often they are too scared to volunteer the information to their GP or family, or they put it off thinking it’s not serious enough."
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