Closing the Women
women spend 25 per cent more of their lives in poor health than men; closing the gap could add seven healthy days per woman per year, more than 500 days over a lifetime, and up to $1 trillion a year to the economy by 2040; women treated 'as though they are small men'; women's health often simplified to sexual and reproductive health, which 'meaningfully underrepresents women's health burden'.
women spend 25 per cent more of their lives in poor health than men; closing the gap could add seven healthy days per woman per year, more than 500 days over a lifetime, and up to $1 trillion a year to the economy by 2040; women treated 'as though they are small men'; women's health often simplified to sexual and reproductive health, which 'meaningfully underrepresents women's health burden'.
Written from the full text read 2026-10-15.
What our sources record
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s Health Gap: A $1 Trillion Opportunity to Improve Lives and Economies.' Published 17 January 2024. Full text read of the publication page and the McKinsey Health Institute release: women spend 25 per cent more of their lives in poor health than men; closing the gap could add seven healthy days per woman per year, more than 500 days over a lifetime, and up to $1 trillion a year to the economy by 2040; women treated 'as though they are small men'; women's health often simplified to sexual and reproductive health, which 'meaningfully underrepresents women's health burden'.