Surprising Facts about Boys

by boys.com

While it is true that boys and girls can be very different, some of the actual statistics on boy’s health and behavior show that they are really not all that different in many areas.

•   Approximately 107 baby boys are born for every 100 baby girls. The boy’s higher birth rate are thought to be linked to the higher infant mortality rates for boys.

•   Infant baby boys are 25% more likely to die in infancy than girls.

•   The most common cause of death for males of all ages in the U.S. is heart disease.

•   Males have a life expectancy of 64 years compared to 68 years for females.

•   He average height and weight for a full-grown boy in the U.S. today is 5' 9" and 190 pounds.

•   Boy’s brains are about 10% larger in size than the brains of girls the same age.

•   Boys use only one side of their brain most of the time because they can only devote their attention and concentration to one task at a time.

•   Puberty for boys generally occurs between the ages of 12 and 14, and later than girls of the same age.

•   Approximately one-third of the baby boys in the world at any given moment are circumcised.

•   The biological symbol for the male sex is also the symbol for the planet Mars, the Roman god of war.

•   Boys are 75% more likely to be diagnosed with autistic disorders than girls.

•   Boys are 200% more likely to drop out of school than girls.

•   Males account for 50% of the U.S. workforce and 94% of all on-the-job fatalities.

•   Boys make up only 13% of the new nursing students in the U.S. today.

•   Teen boys are three times more likely to abuse alcohol than girls of the same age.

•   Teen boys are twice as likely to abuse marijuana and cocaine than girls of the same age.

•   Boys are four times more likely to be murdered and 10 times more likely to commit murder than girls.

•   Boys are more than twice as likely to commit suicide than girls.

•   Boys on average have 50% more muscle mass and 50% less body fat than girls the same age.

•   Nearly 65% of the 150 million boys living in the U.S. today will eventually become fathers.