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 reason women live longer than men? And how the advantage has grown in the past? There is only limited evidence and the evidence isn't sufficient to draw an informed conclusion. While we are aware that there are biological, psychological, and environmental factors that all play a role in the longevity of women over men, we don't know what percentage each factor plays in.

In spite of how much amount of weight, we are aware that at least part of the reason why women live longer than men in the present, but not previously, has to be due to the fact that several fundamental non-biological factors have changed. What are these new factors? 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, اوضاع الجماع (glorynote.com) 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 all countries are above the diagonal parity line , it means that in all nations that a baby girl can be expected to live longer than a newborn boy.1

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

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The advantage women had in terms of life expectancy was lower in the richer countries than it is now.
Let's look at how the gender advantage in longevity has changed with time. The next chart shows male and female life expectancies when they were born in the US between 1790 and 2014. Two specific points stand out.

First, there is an upward trend: Men as well as women in the US are living much, much longer than they did a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

Second, the gap is getting wider: Although the female advantage in life expectancy was tiny It has significantly increased over time.

You can verify that these are applicable to other countries that have information by clicking on the "Change country" option on the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.