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 is the reason women are more likely to live longer than men? What is the reason is this difference growing over time? We only have partial evidence and the evidence isn't strong enough to make an informed conclusion. We know that behavioral, biological and environmental factors play a role in the fact that women have longer lives than men, However, كيفية ممارسة العلاقة الزوجية فى الاسلام we're not sure how much the influence to each of these variables is.

In spite of the amount of weight, we are aware that a large portion of the reason women live so much longer than men today but not previously, is to relate to the fact that a number of significant non-biological elements have changed. These factors are changing. 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 we can see, every country is above the diagonal parity line , this means that in all countries that a baby girl can be expected to live longer than a newborn boy.1

Interestingly, this chart shows that while the female advantage exists in all countries, global differences are significant. In Russia, كيفية ممارسة العلاقة الزوجية فى الاسلام women live for 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan there is a difference of less that half a year.

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The advantage of women in life expectancy was smaller in the richer countries that it is today.
Let's look at how the female advantage in longevity has changed with time. The following chart shows the men and women's life expectancies at the time of birth in the US during the period 1790 until 2014. Two aspects stand out.

First, there's an upward trend. Men as well as women in the US live a lot, much longer than they did a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

The gap is getting wider: Although the advantage of women in life expectancy was very small but it has risen significantly over time.

If you select the option "Change country from the chart, you will be able to check that these two points also apply to the other countries having available data: Sweden, France and the UK.