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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 live longer than men? Why the advantage has grown in the past? We only have partial evidence and the evidence isn't sufficient to support an absolute conclusion. We are aware that behavioral, biological and كيفية ممارسة العلاقة الزوجية فى الاسلام environmental factors play a role in the fact that women are healthier than men; However, we're not sure how strong the relative contribution of each factor is.

In spite of how much number of pounds, we know that at least a portion of the reason women live so much longer than men do today and كيفية ممارسة العلاقة الزوجية فى الاسلام not in the past, has to have to do with the fact that a number of significant non-biological elements 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 women. As you can see, every country is above the diagonal parity line ; this means in all countries a newborn girl can expect to live longer than a newborn boy.1

This chart illustrates that, while there is a female advantage throughout the world, the differences between countries can be significant. In Russia women have a longer life span than males; while in Bhutan the difference is less than half an hour.

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The advantage of women in life expectancy was smaller in rich countries than it is today.
Let's look at the way that female advantages in longevity has changed over time. The following chart shows the male and female life expectancies at the time of birth in the US between 1790-2014. Two distinct features stand out.

There is an upward trend. Both genders living in America are living longer than they did 100 years 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 but it has risen significantly in the past.

It is possible to verify that the points you've listed are applicable to other countries with data by clicking on the "Change country" option on the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.