Difference between revisions of "Why Women Live Longer Than Men"
Archer8213 (talk | contribs) m |
m |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | 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. What is the reason women live more than men do today, and why does this benefit increase in the past? The evidence is sketchy and we're left with only some solutions. We know that biological, behavioral and environmental factors contribute to the fact that women have longer lives than men, but we don't know exactly how strong the relative contribution of each factor is.<br><br>We know that women are living longer than men, regardless of weight. However it is not due to the fact that certain biological factors have changed. What are these changing factors? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Some are more complex. For example, there is evidence that in [https://www.business-opportunities.biz/?s=rich%20countries rich countries] the female advantage increased in part because infectious diseases used to affect women disproportionately a [https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/century 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. It is clear that every country is over the line of parity diagonally. This means that a newborn girl from every country could anticipate to live longer than her brother.<br><br>This chart is interesting in that it shows that the advantage of women exists everywhere, the difference between countries is huge. In Russia women have a longer life span than males; while in Bhutan the gap is less than half a year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>In wealthy countries, [https://glorynote.com/ ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور] the advantage of women in longevity was previously smaller.<br>Let's look at the way that female advantages in longevity has changed over time. The following chart shows the life expectancy of males and females at birth in the US between 1790 and 2014. Two points stand out.<br><br>The first is that there is an upward trend. Women and men 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.<br><br>And second, there is an ever-widening gap: female advantage in life expectancy used to be very modest, but it grew substantially over the course of the last century.<br><br>Using the option 'Change country' on the chart, you are able to confirm that the two points also apply to the other countries with available data: Sweden, France and the UK. |
Revision as of 09:37, 11 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. What is the reason women live more than men do today, and why does this benefit increase in the past? The evidence is sketchy and we're left with only some solutions. We know that biological, behavioral and environmental factors contribute to the fact that women have longer lives than men, but we don't know exactly how strong the relative contribution of each factor is.
We know that women are living longer than men, regardless of weight. However it is not due to the fact that certain biological factors have changed. What are these changing factors? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Some 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. It is clear that every country is over the line of parity diagonally. This means that a newborn girl from every country could anticipate to live longer than her brother.
This chart is interesting in that it shows that the advantage of women exists everywhere, the difference between countries is huge. In Russia women have a longer life span than males; while in Bhutan the gap is less than half a year.
__S.17__
__S.19__
In wealthy countries, ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور the advantage of women in longevity was previously smaller.
Let's look at the way that female advantages in longevity has changed over time. The following chart shows the life expectancy of males and females at birth in the US between 1790 and 2014. Two points stand out.
The first is that there is an upward trend. Women and men 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.
And second, there is an ever-widening gap: female advantage in life expectancy used to be very modest, but it grew substantially over the course of the last century.
Using the option 'Change country' on the chart, you are able to confirm that the two points also apply to the other countries with available data: Sweden, France and the UK.
