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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? Why does this benefit increase over time? There isn't much evidence and we're left with only some answers. We know that biological, behavioral and environmental factors play a role in the fact that women live longer than men; however, we do not know how strong the relative contribution of each factor is.

It is known that women are living longer than males, regardless of weight. However this isn't 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, افضل كريم للشعر 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 ; it means that in all nations a newborn girl can expect to live for longer than a new boy.1

This chart is interesting in that it shows that the advantage of women exists across all countries, the cross-country differences are large. In Russia women live 10 years more than men. In Bhutan the difference is just half a year.

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The advantage for women in life expectancy was smaller in rich countries that it is today.
Let's see how the female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The following chart shows the male and female life expectancies at birth in the US during the period 1790-2014. Two distinct features stand out.

The first is that there is an upward trend. Men and women in the United States live longer than they were 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 was quite small, it has increased substantially in the past.

Using the option 'Change country in the chart, you can check that these two points also apply to other countries with available information: افضل كريم للشعر (https://glorynote.com/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%B1) Sweden, France and the UK.