Hepatitis gender gap in Egypt: A study in medical geography

This study has confirmed the fact that there is a gap between males and females of hepatitis in Egypt. This gap in the numbers of infected people and percentage in all 6 types of hepatitis A, B, C, D, E, F where the percentage of infected males is higher than females, in the available selected years study 2002, 2003 and 2005. This gap is not limited to the population of one governorate which is inferior to one another; but this gap is wide between males and females in all governorates equally. This study has confirmed that this gap includes age specific ratio too, the percentage of morbid males in all age categories is higher than females, but this gap is much wider in median age stage than other categories. There are differences between rural and urban places in the percentage of disease infection between males and females, where the morbidity in rural is prejudice urban places, and the high percentage in some urban governorates and Capital does not mean that these cities are blighted or deteriorated, but because most cases in Egyptian governorates prefer to go to them for treatment. This study has confirmed that the life Expectancy in females is higher than males at least 4 years and this due to males exposure to risk of occupational diseases related to agricultural activity, and endemic diseases which cause high mortality rates in males compared with females (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of The 2nd International Geography Symposium-Mediterranean Environment