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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 women are more likely to live longer than men? And how does this benefit increase in the past? There isn't much evidence and we're only able to provide some answers. We know there are behavioral, biological as well as environmental factors which play a significant role in women who live longer than males, it isn't clear the extent to which each factor ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور plays a role.

We know that women live longer than men, regardless of weight. However this is not due to the fact that certain non-biological factors have changed. What are the factors that 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, every country is above the diagonal line of parity - which means that in every country the newborn girl is likely to live for longer than a new boy.1

The chart below shows that even though women enjoy an advantage throughout the world, the differences between countries can be substantial. In Russia women live 10 years more than males. In Bhutan the difference is less than half a calendar year.

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The advantage for women in life expectancy was smaller in rich countries that it is today.
We will now examine how the female advantage in life expectancy has changed over time. The chart below shows gender-based and female-specific life expectancy at the birth in the US from 1790 to 2014. Two points stand out.

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

Second, ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور the gap is growing: Although the advantage of women in terms of life expectancy was quite small but it has risen significantly in the past.

If you select the option "Change country in the chart, you will be able to verify that these two points are applicable to other countries with available data: Sweden, France and the UK.