Difference between revisions of "Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men"

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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 main reason women are more likely to live longer than men? Why is this difference growing in the past? We only have partial evidence and the evidence isn't sufficient to draw an unambiguous conclusion. We know there are behavioral, biological and environmental factors which play a significant role in women living longer than men, we do not know the extent to which each factor plays a role.

In spite of the precise amount of weight, we are aware that at least a portion of the reason why women live longer than men do today however not as previously, has to have to do with the fact that a number of important non-biological aspects have changed. The factors changing are numerous. Some are well known and relatively straightforward, ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور like the fact that men smoke more often. There are other issues 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, ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور 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 parity line ; it means that in all nations the newborn girl is likely to live longer than a new boy.1

This chart shows that, while there is a female advantage throughout the world, the differences between countries can be significant. In Russia, women live 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan, the difference is less that half a year.

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In the richer countries, the advantage of women in longevity was previously smaller.
We will now examine how the gender advantage in longevity has changed with time. The next chart plots male and female life expectancy at birth in the US over the period 1790-2014. Two specific points stand out.

The first is that there is an upward trend. Women and men in America have longer lives than they used to a century 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 once quite small however, it has grown significantly over time.

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