One in two women feel they’ve had their pain ignored or dismissed because of their gender.1
One in six women say they experience severe pain every day. 2
Endometriosis affects one in 10 women of reproductive age, yet it takes on average eight years to diagnose.3
Only 2.5% of publicly funded research in the UK is dedicated to women’s reproductive health,4 even though just under one in three women will experience severe reproductive health issues in their lifetime.5
There has been more than five times the amount of research into erectile dysfunction than there has been into premenstrual syndrome. This is despite 90% of women reporting some symptoms of premenstrual symptoms, whereas less than one in five men (19%) experience erectile dysfunction over the course of their lifetime.6
Women are more likely than men to be afflicted by chronic pain.7
Nearly half (48%) of all adults believe there is a “gap” in the identification and treatment of pain between genders.8
It was only made mandatory last year for new doctors to have compulsory women’s health training, but this won’t come into effect until 2024.9
On average, women are 50% more likely than men to be misdiagnosed when they have a heart attack. Chest pains, pancreatitis, or the wrong type of heart attack are common misdiagnoses.10
24% of women report that pain had led them to feeling depressed, compared with 18% of men.11
Just under two-thirds (63%) of women v only 39% of men believe the gender pain gap exists, and women are not taken as seriously, because they are viewed as “emotional”.12
If you want to learn more about the Gender Pain Gap and read the full Gender Pain Gap Index Report commissioned by Nurofen, visit nurofen.co.uk/see-my-pain
Sources: 1, 2, 8, 11, 12 Nurofen Gender Pain Gap Index Report – GPG Index Survey References Document (26.08.2022 16.00GMT); 3 Endometriosis UK; 4 UK Health Research Analysis, 2018; 5 Public Health England; 6 Researchgate.net; 7 BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders; 9 Department of Health & Social Care; 10 British Heart Foundation;
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