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? The evidence is limited and we're left with only incomplete solutions. We know that behavioral, biological and environmental factors all play a role in the fact that women are healthier than men; however, we do not know how significant the impact of each one of these factors is.

In spite of the number of pounds, we know that at a minimum, the reason why women live so much longer than men in the present however not as previously, is to have to do with the fact that certain key non-biological factors have changed. What are these new factors? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Some are more complex. 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, every country is above the diagonal parity line ; this means that in all countries baby girls can expect to live longer than a newborn boy.1

It is interesting to note that the advantage of women exists across all countries, اوضاع الجماع the difference between countries is huge. In Russia, women live 10 years more than males. In Bhutan the gap is only half a year.

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In wealthy countries, the longevity advantage for women used to be smaller
Let's examine how the female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The chart below shows men and women's life expectancies at the birth in the US in the years 1790 to 2014. Two distinct features stand out.

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

The gap is growing: Although the female advantage in life expectancy was once quite small however, it has grown significantly in the past.

It is possible to verify that the points you've listed are applicable to other countries that have data by clicking the "Change country" option on the chart. This includes the UK, اوضاع الجماع (https://glorynote.com/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9) France, and Sweden.