Neue US-Studie zeigt, dass Männer mehr als dreimal häufiger an einer Hirnverletzung sterben. Die beobachteten Gründe waren multifaktoriell und könnten auf Unterschiede in der Verletzungsschwere nach einem Sturz oder Autounfall sowie auf das Zusammenspiel von Geschlecht und Alter zurückzuführen sein – wobei sich die SHT-Ergebnisse bei Männern mit zunehmendem Alter verschlechtern.

I’ve linked to the press release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02699052.2024.2415933

From the linked article:

Men More Than Three Times as Likely to Die From a Brain Injury, New U.S Study Shows

A new analysis of U.S. mortality data reveals the disproportionate impact of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) on older adults, males and certain racial and ethnic groups.

The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Brain Injury, provides a comprehensive analysis of TBI-related deaths across different population groups across the U.S. in 2021.

The findings indicate that suicides remain the most common cause of TBI-related deaths, followed by unintentional falls, and specific groups are disproportionately affected by these tragedies.

Men, in particular, were found to be most likely to die from a TBI – more than three times the rate of women (30.5 versus 9.4). The reasons observed were multifactorial and could reflect differences in injury severity following a fall or motor vehicle crash, to the interaction of sex and age – with TBI outcomes in men worsening with age, while postmenopausal women fare better than men of similar age.

Like most disparities on this type of thing, this looks to boil down to the fact that men take more risks.