TY - JOUR T1 - Depreciating assets: the female experience of health in the UK JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 123 LP - 123 DO - 10.3399/bjgp21X715085 VL - 71 IS - 704 AU - Judith Dawson Y1 - 2021/03/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/71/704/123.abstract N2 - Fiona Shackleton, a divorce lawyer, was recently quoted as stating ‘Women are like leaseholds, we’re depreciating assets, and men are like freeholds and appreciate.’ 1In a similar way to divorce lawyers, GPs see their fair share of mid-life crises and relationship breakdowns. This statement may be a comment on modern marital relationships but is it true in health terms?Looking at the statistical evidence is interesting. Cancer Research UK publish a graph of the incidence of cancer by age and gender.2 This shows that in a large part of the reproductively and economically active group (age 25–59 years), cancers are almost twice as common in women as in men. Diagnostic delay has been found to be longer for women in six of … ER -