I tried finding the percentage of funding for issues affecting exclusively men, expecting a simple table in the source for the article or something. But nope. I haven’t found a single good up-to-date source that even tracks that spending at all.
Table 3: Percentages of NIH Expenditures for Research on Women, Men, and
Both, Fiscal Years ~~1993-~~99
1999
Women: 15.5
Men: 6.4
Both: 78.1
I found a bunch of reports and articles that bring up various figures for women though and not a single one I saw included the figure for research on men exclusive issue.
I’m in no way qualified to comment on how medical funding should be distributed. But in my opinion not including the full picture in reports like those is at best extremely misleading.
I tried finding the percentage of funding for issues affecting exclusively men, expecting a simple table in the source for the article or something. But nope. I haven’t found a single good up-to-date source that even tracks that spending at all.
The only good source I found this article but it’s a bit too old (25 years old) for my liking: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-96/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-96.htm Formatting tables are annoying so I will just include the 1999 figures. For more information see table 3 in the link.
I found a bunch of reports and articles that bring up various figures for women though and not a single one I saw included the figure for research on men exclusive issue. I’m in no way qualified to comment on how medical funding should be distributed. But in my opinion not including the full picture in reports like those is at best extremely misleading.