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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 have a longer life span than men? And why is this difference growing in the past? The evidence is sketchy and we have only incomplete answers. We are aware that behavioral, biological and environmental factors contribute to the fact that women have longer life spans than men, However, we're not sure how strong the relative contribution to each of these variables is.

In spite of the precise amount of weight, we are aware that at least part of the reason women live so much longer than men however not as previously, is to relate to the fact that some significant non-biological elements have changed. The factors changing are numerous. Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Others are more complicated. 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 اوضاع الجماع men and women. As we can see, all countries are above the diagonal parity line , which means that in every country the newborn girl is likely to live for longer than a new boy.1

This chart illustrates that, اوضاع الجماع (read this blog article from glorynote.com) while there is a female advantage throughout the world, the differences between countries can be substantial. In Russia women have a longer life span than men. In Bhutan the difference is just half a year.

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In the richer countries, the longevity advantage for women was previously smaller.
Let's examine how the female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The next chart shows the life expectancy of males and females at birth in the US during the time period between 1790 and 2014. Two points stand out.

There is an upward trend. Men and women in America have longer lives than they were 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

The gap is increasing: While the female advantage in life expectancy was once quite small however, it has grown significantly with time.

By selecting 'Change Country by country' in the chart, you can verify that these two points are also applicable to other countries that have available data: Sweden, France and the UK.