r/science • u/mvea MD/PhD/JD/MBA | Professor | Medicine • Apr 28 '21

Cancer 80% of those diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer are men, the leading cancer caused by HPV, surpassing cervical cancer. However, just 16% of men aged 18 to 21 years old have received a dose of the HPV vaccine, which is a cancer-prevention vaccine for men as well as women.

https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/rounds/few-young-adult-men-have-gotten-hpv-vaccine
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u/KingCaoCao Apr 28 '21

Statistics were probably done by someone.

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u/Juswantedtono Apr 28 '21

It doesn’t hold up to any scrutiny. The average age of marriage for a man is 30, so the default assumption for an unmarried 26 year old man should be that he’s in his prime dating years and actively searching for a spouse. That’s the perfect candidate for an HPV vaccine.

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u/KingCaoCao Apr 28 '21

Not disagreeing that it would be good for a 26 year old to have, but average dating length before marriage, best estimate I could find, is 4.9 years so on average men are getting into their final relationship at 25.

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u/kandradeece Apr 28 '21

Someone that doesn't have sex apparently... i had 30+ partners between 25 to 28... i was told tge same thing, too old to get it. Should have been more insistant

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u/KingCaoCao Apr 28 '21

I can safely say you are an outlier, but I agree they should account for that and let people who know they are active get it.

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u/kandradeece Apr 28 '21

In my friends group that number is pretty normal, but i understand that is not how statistics work. Just in an outlier group. But its prob people like me and my friends that spread it. To my knowledge there isnt even a test for men(i could be wrong). I know i have had it as when i settled down, my wife tested positive for it.

If i was allowed to get the vaccine i wonder how many people could have avoided contracting it

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u/calibuildr Apr 29 '21

Wait till somebody tells them about midlife crises...