Are men and women equally at risk for injury and/or death in the workplace or by violence?

Answer 1

Both men and women can find themselves in harm's way—but for different reasons. Here are some gender differences in vulnerability:
• Men are ten times more likely to die of an occupational injury than women.
• Males are most often the victims and the perpetrators of homicides in the United States. In about 68 percent of cases reported by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, both the offender and the victim were male.
• Overall, men are 3.6 times more likely than women to be murdered and 9 times more likely to commit murder. Both men and women are more likely to kill or attempt to kill male victims than female victims.
• Men are more likely than women to be assaulted as adults.
• The genders also differ in their fear of crime. In a recent study, women—but not men— tended to become less apprehensive and to feel less vulnerable as they became older. increased income correlated with higher levels of fear for men but lower levels for women.