Taiwanese men don't see doctors as often as women, but women are healthier, according to a survey released on Tuesday by the Department of Health's Bureau of Health Promotion. The survey results said Taiwan's men made a total of 151 million visits to hospitals in 2008, compared with 189 million visits by women during the same year. The survey also found that Taiwanese men were more prone to nine of the 10 most fatal diseases. Women were more likely to suffer from diabetes, it said. Men had more unhealthy habits than women, with 35.36 percent of males smoking, compared with 4.19 percent of females. Fourteen percent of men said they chewed betel nut, compared to 1 percent of women. Chiu Shu-ti, director general of the bureau, said men didn't live as long as women, with life expectancies of 75.9 years and 82.5 years, respectively. The gap between men and women's life expectancies has been consistently growing, from 4.4 years in 1960 to 6.6 years last year. 