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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 have a longer life span than men? Why is this difference growing as time passes? There isn't much evidence and we only have some answers. Although we know that there are biological, psychological as well as environmental factors that all play a role in the longevity of women over men, we don't know how much each one contributes.

In spite of the precise weight, we know that at a minimum, the reason women live so much longer than men do today however not as previously, has to have to do with the fact that some significant non-biological elements have changed. These factors are changing. Some are well known and كيفية ممارسة العلاقة الزوجية فى الاسلام relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Other are more complicated. 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. We can see that every country is above the line of parity diagonally. This means that a newborn girl from any country can expect to live longer than her brothers.

It is interesting to note that although the female advantage exists in all countries, cross-country differences are large. In Russia, women live for 10 years longer than males. In Bhutan, the difference is just half a year.

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The advantage women had in life expectancy was less in developed countries than it is today.
Let's look at how female longevity advantage has changed over time. The chart below shows male and female life expectancies at the time of birth in the US between 1790 to 2014. Two things stand out.

First, there is an upward trend. Both genders in America live longer than they did a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

And كيفية ممارسة العلاقة الزوجية فى الاسلام (glorynote.com) second, there is an increase in the gap between men and women: female advantage in terms of life expectancy used be quite small however, it has increased significantly over the last century.

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