Difference between revisions of "Why Women Are More Likely To 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. Why do women live more than men do today, and why does this benefit increase over time? The evidence is sketchy and we only have incomplete solutions. We recognize that biological, behavioral and environmental factors contribute to the fact that women live longer than men; however, we aren't sure what the contribution of each of these factors is.

It is known that women live longer than men, regardless of weight. But this is not because of certain biological or non-biological factors have changed. These are the factors that are changing. Some are well known and relatively straightforward, 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, 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 اضيق وضعية للجماع, glorynote.com wrote, women. As you can see, all countries are above the diagonal parity line , it means that in all nations baby girls can expect to live for longer than a newborn boy.1

It is interesting to note that, while the advantage for women exists in all countries, country-specific differences are huge. In Russia women live 10 years longer than males. In Bhutan the difference is only half a year.

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The advantage for women in life expectancy was less in the richer countries that it is today.
We will now examine how the female advantage in terms of longevity has changed over 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.

There is an upward trend. Both men and 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.

The gap is getting wider: Although the female advantage in life expectancy was once tiny but it has risen significantly over time.

It is possible to verify that these are applicable to other countries with information by clicking on the "Change country" option in the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.