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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. | + | 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. Why do women live longer than men, and why has this advantage increased in the past? We only have partial evidence and the evidence is not sufficient to draw an absolute conclusion. We are aware that behavioral, biological and environmental factors all contribute to the fact that women are healthier than men; however, we do not know how strong the relative contribution of each one of these factors is.<br><br>[https://www.hometalk.com/search/posts?filter=Independently Independently] of the exact weight, we know that at least a portion of the reason why women live longer than men however not as in the past, [https://glorynote.com/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3/ ابر التخسيس] has to have to do with the fact that certain 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. Other are more complicated. 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.<br><br>Everywhere in the world women tend to live longer than men<br>The first chart below shows life expectancy at birth for men and women. We can see that every country is above the diagonal line of parity. This implies that a baby girl in every country can be expected to live for longer than her brother.<br><br>It is interesting to note that the advantage of women exists everywhere, the global differences are significant. In Russia, women live 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan, the difference is just half a year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>The female advantage in life expectancy was smaller in the richer countries that it is today.<br>Let's look at how female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The next chart compares male and female life expectancy at birth in the US during the time period between 1790 and 2014. Two distinct features stand out.<br><br>First, there is an upward trend. Men as well as women in the US live much, much longer than they did a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>Second, the gap is getting wider: Although the female advantage in terms of life expectancy was tiny, it has increased substantially in the past.<br><br>It is possible to verify that these are applicable to other countries with data by clicking on the "Change country" option on the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden. |
Revision as of 00:13, 10 January 2022
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. Why do women live longer than men, and why has this advantage increased in the past? We only have partial evidence and the evidence is not sufficient to draw an absolute conclusion. We are aware that behavioral, biological and environmental factors all contribute to the fact that women are healthier than men; however, we do not know how strong the relative contribution of each one of these factors is.
Independently of the exact weight, we know that at least a portion of the reason why women live longer than men however not as in the past, ابر التخسيس has to have to do with the fact that certain 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. Other are more complicated. 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. We can see that every country is above the diagonal line of parity. This implies that a baby girl in every country can be expected to live for longer than her brother.
It is interesting to note that the advantage of women exists everywhere, the global differences are significant. In Russia, women live 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan, the difference is just half a year.
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__S.19__
The female advantage in life expectancy was smaller in the richer countries that it is today.
Let's look at how female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The next chart compares male and female life expectancy at birth in the US during the time period between 1790 and 2014. Two distinct features stand out.
First, there is an upward trend. Men as well as women in the US live much, much longer than they did a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.
Second, the gap is getting wider: Although the female advantage in terms of life expectancy was tiny, it has increased substantially in the past.
It is possible to verify that these are applicable to other countries with data by clicking on the "Change country" option on the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.
