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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. | + | 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 [https://edition.cnn.com/search?q=century century]. What's the main reason women are more likely to live longer than men? What is the reason does this benefit increase as time passes? There isn't much evidence and we have only limited answers. We recognize that biological, behavioral and environmental factors play a role in the fact that women live longer than men; However, we're not sure how significant the impact to each of these variables is.<br><br>We know that women live longer than men, regardless of their weight. However this isn't because of certain non-biological factors have changed. What are these factors that have changed? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. There are others 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.<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. As you can see, all countries are above the diagonal parity line , which means that in every country a newborn girl can expect to live longer than a newborn boy.1<br><br>It is interesting to note that while the female advantage exists in all countries, cross-country differences are large. In Russia, women live 10 years longer than males. In Bhutan the gap is only half a year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>The advantage for women in life expectancy was less in developed countries that it is today.<br>Let's take a look at how the female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The next chart shows the life expectancy of males and females when they were born in the US from 1790 to 2014. Two things stand out.<br><br>There is an upward trend. Women and men in America live longer than they used to a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>The second is that there is an ever-widening gap: female advantage in terms of life expectancy used to be extremely small but it increased substantially over the course of the last century.<br><br>By selecting 'Change Country in the chart, confirm that the two points are applicable to other countries with available information: Sweden, العاب زوجية ([https://glorynote.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A9/ glorynote.com]) France and the UK. |
Revision as of 07:19, 12 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's the main reason women are more likely to live longer than men? What is the reason does this benefit increase as time passes? There isn't much evidence and we have only limited answers. We recognize that biological, behavioral and environmental factors play a role in the fact that women live longer than men; However, we're not sure how significant the impact to each of these variables is.
We know that women live longer than men, regardless of their weight. However this isn't because of certain non-biological factors have changed. What are these factors that have changed? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. There are others 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, all countries are above the diagonal parity line , which means that in every country a newborn girl can expect to live longer than a newborn boy.1
It is interesting to note that while the female advantage exists in all countries, cross-country differences are large. In Russia, women live 10 years longer than males. In Bhutan the gap is only half a year.
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__S.19__
The advantage for women in life expectancy was less in developed countries that it is today.
Let's take a look at how the female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The next chart shows the life expectancy of males and females when they were born in the US from 1790 to 2014. Two things stand out.
There is an upward trend. Women and men in America live longer than they used to a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.
The second is that there is an ever-widening gap: female advantage in terms of life expectancy used to be extremely small but it increased substantially over the course of the last century.
By selecting 'Change Country in the chart, confirm that the two points are applicable to other countries with available information: Sweden, العاب زوجية (glorynote.com) France and the UK.
