Men are diagnosed much earlier in their lives with most cancers, strokes and heart attacks
than women, he said.
"It's not because women are stronger it's mostly because women take care of themselves better than men.''
Dr Baldwin said he really wants to impress on men to get off their bums and get regular health checks their GP or dentist.
Globally the state of men's health is in crisis, he said.
Men experience worse longer-term health than women and die on average six years earlier.
Prostate cancer rates will double in the next 15 years.
Testicular cancer rates have already doubled in the last 50.
Three quarters of suicides are men.
Poor mental health leads to half a million men taking their own life every year.
Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer found in men.
About 3000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year in New Zealand but with careful treatment it is not a death sentence for many.
The trick is to catch it earlier enough.
Symptoms mainly relate to unusual events when passing urine.
But men tend to "put up with it" when they shouldn't, he said.
Radiation therapy side effects vary with the patient. Wives and girl friends need to give them a nudge, he said.
"The world is badly in need of granddads!"
