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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 | + | 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 more than men do today, and why is this difference growing over time? There is only limited evidence and the evidence is not sufficient to support a definitive conclusion. We know that biological, behavioral and environmental factors contribute to the fact that women live longer than men; however, we do not know how significant the impact of each one of these factors is.<br><br>In spite of the precise weight, we know that at a minimum, the reason women live longer than men but not previously, is to do with the fact that several fundamental non-biological factors have changed. The factors changing are numerous. 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 [https://edition.cnn.com/search?q=infectious 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, [https://glorynote.com/ افضل شامبو وبلسم] ended up raising women's longevity disproportionately.<br><br>Everywhere in the world women tend to live longer than men<br>The first chart below shows life expectancy at birth for men and women. It is clear that every country is over the diagonal line of parity. This implies that a baby girl from every country could expect to live longer than her brothers.<br><br>Interestingly, this chart shows that the advantage of women exists everywhere, the cross-country differences are large. In Russia women are 10 years older than males; while in Bhutan the difference is less than half an hour.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>In countries with high incomes, the advantage of women in longevity was smaller<br>We will now examine the way that female advantages in terms of longevity has changed over time. The chart below illustrates the gender-based and female-specific life expectancy at the time of birth in the US between 1790 to 2014. Two aspects stand out.<br><br>The first is that there is an upward trend. Men and women in America have longer lives than they were a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>Second, there's a widening gap: The female advantage in terms of life expectancy used be quite small but it [https://Www.purevolume.com/?s=increased increased] substantially over the last century.<br><br>If you select the option "Change country from the chart, you are able to confirm that the two points are applicable to the other countries having available information: Sweden, France and the UK. |
Revision as of 18:48, 11 January 2022
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 more than men do today, and why is this difference growing over time? There is only limited evidence and the evidence is not sufficient to support a definitive conclusion. We know that biological, behavioral and environmental factors contribute to the fact that women live longer than men; however, we do not know how significant the impact of each one of these factors is.
In spite of the precise weight, we know that at a minimum, the reason women live longer than men but not previously, is to do with the fact that several fundamental non-biological factors have changed. The factors changing are numerous. 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, افضل شامبو وبلسم 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. It is clear that every country is over the diagonal line of parity. This implies that a baby girl from every country could expect to live longer than her brothers.
Interestingly, this chart shows that the advantage of women exists everywhere, the cross-country differences are large. In Russia women are 10 years older than males; while in Bhutan the difference is less than half an hour.
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In countries with high incomes, the advantage of women in longevity was smaller
We will now examine the way that female advantages in terms of longevity has changed over time. The chart below illustrates the gender-based and female-specific life expectancy at the time of birth in the US between 1790 to 2014. Two aspects stand out.
The first is that there is an upward trend. Men and women in America have longer lives than they were a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.
Second, there's a widening gap: The female advantage in terms of life expectancy used be quite small but it increased substantially over the last century.
If you select the option "Change country from the chart, you are able to confirm that the two points are applicable to the other countries having available information: Sweden, France and the UK.
