Difference between revisions of "Why Are Women Living 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 makes women live much longer than men today, and why has this advantage increased over time? We have only a small amount of evidence and the evidence isn't sufficient to support a definitive conclusion. We know that behavioral, biological and environmental factors all play a role in the fact that women have longer lives than men, اضيق وضعية للجماع (https://glorynote.com/%D8%A3%D8%B6%D9%8A%D9%82-%D9%88%D8%B6%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9/) however, we do not know how significant the impact of each factor is.

We know that women are living longer than males, regardless of weight. But it is not because of certain biological or non-biological factors have changed. These factors are changing. 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, اضيق وضعية للجماع 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 we can see, all countries are above the diagonal line of parity - this means in all countries that a baby girl can be expected to live longer than a new boy.1

This graph shows that although women have an advantage across all countries, differences between countries could be significant. In Russia women live for 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan the difference is only half a year.

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The advantage for women in life expectancy was less in rich countries as compared to the present.
Let's see how the female longevity advantage has changed over time. The following chart shows the male and female life expectancies at birth in the US between 1790-2014. Two points stand out.

There is an upward trend. as well as women in the US are living much, much longer than they did a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

There is a widening gap: The female advantage in life expectancy used to be extremely small however, it has increased significantly over the last century.

You can confirm that these are applicable to other countries that have data by clicking the "Change country" option in the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.