Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men

Everywhere in the world women live longer than men - but this was not always the case. The available data from rich countries shows that women didn't live longer than men in the 19th century. What's the reason why women are more likely to live longer than men? What is the reason is this difference growing as time passes? There is only limited evidence and the evidence isn't sufficient to support an unambiguous conclusion. We know that biological, behavioral and environmental factors all contribute to the fact that women are healthier than men; However, we're not sure how strong the relative contribution of each factor كيفية إقامة علاقة بالصور is.

We know that women are living longer than males, regardless of weight. However it is not because of certain biological or non-biological factors have changed. The factors changing are numerous. Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. There are others that are more intricate. For example, there is evidence that in rich countries the female advantage increased in part because infectious diseases used to affect women disproportionately a century ago, so advances in medicine that reduced the long-term health burden from infectious diseases, especially for survivors, ended up raising women's longevity disproportionately.

Everywhere in the world women tend to live longer than men
The first chart below shows life expectancy at birth for men and women. As you can see, all countries are above the diagonal parity line ; this means that in all countries a newborn girl can expect to live for longer than a newborn boy.1

This chart shows that, although there is a women's advantage across all countries, differences between countries can be significant. In Russia, كيفية إقامة علاقة بالصور women live 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan there is a difference of only half a year.

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The advantage of women in life expectancy was smaller in countries with higher incomes that it is today.
Let's see how the female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The chart below illustrates the men and women's life expectancies at the time of birth in the US from 1790-2014. Two points stand out.

The first is that there is an upward trend. Men and women in America have longer lives than they used to 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

Second, the gap is growing: Although the advantage of women in life expectancy used to be very small, it has increased substantially with time.

By selecting 'Change Country in the chart, you are able to verify that these two points apply to the other countries with available information: Sweden, France and the UK.