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's the main reason women are more likely to live longer than men? What is the reason has this advantage gotten larger as time passes? There is only limited evidence and the evidence is not strong enough to make a definitive conclusion. We know there are behavioral, biological as well as environmental factors that all play a role in the longevity of women over males, it isn't clear how much each factor contributes.

In spite of the number of pounds, we know that at a minimum, the reason women live longer than men however not as previously, has to relate to the fact that certain significant non-biological elements have changed. What are the factors that 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, 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 , كيفية إقامة علاقة بالصور (from glorynote.com) this means in all countries that a baby girl can be expected to live longer than a new boy.1

It is interesting to note that the advantage of women exists across all countries, the difference between countries is huge. In Russia women have an average of 10 years more than men, while in Bhutan the gap is less than half each year.

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The advantage of women in terms of life expectancy was lower 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 chart below shows male and female life expectancies at the birth in the US between 1790 to 2014. Two areas stand out.

The first is that there is an upward trend. Men as well as women in the US have a much longer life span longer than they did a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

There is an increase in the gap between men and women: female advantage in terms of life expectancy used be extremely small but it increased substantially during the last century.

By selecting 'Change Country in the chart, you will be able to confirm that the two points are also applicable to other countries that have available information: Sweden, France and the UK.