Why Are Women Living 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 is the reason women live longer than men? And why has this advantage gotten larger as time passes? There isn't much evidence and we have only incomplete solutions. We know that behavioral, biological and environmental factors contribute to the fact that women have longer life spans than men, افضل شامبو وبلسم (Going at glorynote.com) but we don't know exactly what the contribution of each factor is.

It is known that women are living longer than men, regardless of their weight. However this isn't because of certain biological or non-biological factors have changed. These factors are changing. Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Others 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, all countries are above the diagonal line of parity - this means in all countries baby girls can expect to live for افضل شامبو وبلسم longer than a newborn boy.1

This chart is interesting in that it shows that while the female advantage exists in all countries, difference between countries is huge. In Russia women have a longer life span than men, while in Bhutan the gap is less than half a year.

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In wealthy countries, the female advantage in longevity used to be smaller
Let's examine how the female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The next chart plots the life expectancy of males and females at birth in the US over the period 1790-2014. Two specific points stand out.

There is an upward trend. Both genders in the United States live longer than they were a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

Second, the gap is growing: Although the female advantage in life expectancy was once very small but it has risen significantly in the past.

If you select the option "Change country in the chart, you are able to confirm that the two points apply to the other countries having available information: Sweden, France and the UK.