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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 is the reason women have a longer life span than men? What is the reason is this difference growing in the past? We have only a small amount of evidence and the evidence isn't sufficient to reach an absolute conclusion. Although we know that there are biological, behavioral as well as environmental factors that play an integral role in women who live longer than men, we don't know what percentage each factor plays in.

It is known that women live longer than men, ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور regardless of weight. However it is not due to the fact that certain biological factors have changed. What are these changing 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, 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 , this means in all countries baby girls can expect to live for longer than a newborn boy.1

This chart illustrates that, while there is a female advantage across all countries, differences between countries can be substantial. In Russia women live for 10 years longer than males. In Bhutan the difference is just half a year.

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The advantage of women in life expectancy was smaller in rich countries than it is today.
Let's see how the female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The next chart compares male and female life expectancies at birth in the US between 1790 and 2014. Two distinct points stand ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور (lowest price) out.

First, there is an upward trend. Both genders living in America are living 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 growing: Although the female advantage in life expectancy was quite small but it has risen significantly with time.

If you select the option "Change country' on the chart, you will be able to check that these two points apply to other countries that have available data: Sweden, France and the UK.