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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. Why do women live longer than men and how is this difference growing in the past? The evidence is sketchy and we're only able to provide some answers. We are aware that behavioral, biological and environmental factors all contribute to the fact that women have longer lives than men, However, we're not sure how significant the impact of each factor is.

In spite of how much number of pounds, we know that at least part of the reason women live so much longer than men today however not as in the past, has to relate to the fact that a number of key non-biological factors have changed. These factors are changing. 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, 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 - this means that in all countries baby girls can expect to live for longer than a new boy.1

The chart above shows that the advantage of women exists across all countries, زيوت تطويل الشعر (read more on glorynote.com`s official blog) the global differences are significant. In Russia women live for 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan the gap is less that half a year.

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In countries with high incomes, the women's advantage in longevity was not as great.
Let's take a look at how the female longevity advantage has changed over time. The chart below shows gender-based and female-specific life expectancy at the time of birth in the US between 1790 to 2014. Two distinct points stand out.

First, there is an upward trend. Men and women in the United States live longer than they used to a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

Second, there's an increase in the gap between men and women: female advantage in terms of life expectancy used be very modest, but it grew substantially in the past century.

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