Difference between revisions of "Why Do Women Live 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 why women are more likely to live longer than men? And why the advantage has grown as time passes? The evidence is sketchy and ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور we're left with only limited solutions. While we are aware that there are behavioral, biological and environmental factors that play an integral role in the longevity of women over males, it isn't clear what percentage each factor plays in.

We know that women are living longer than men, regardless of weight. But, ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور this is not due to the fact that certain biological factors have changed. The factors changing are numerous. 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. We can see that every country is over the diagonal line of parity. This means that a newborn girl from any country can be expected to live for longer than her brothers.

This graph shows that while there is a female advantage in all countries, the differences across countries can be significant. In Russia women have an average of 10 years more than men. In Bhutan the gap is just half an hour.

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In rich countries the women's advantage in longevity was not as great.
Let's look at how the gender advantage in life expectancy has changed over time. The next chart plots male and female life expectancy when they were born in the US between 1790 and 2014. Two distinct points stand out.

There is an upward trend. Women and men living in America are living longer than they used to 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

And second, there is an increasing gap: The female advantage in terms of life expectancy used to be very small however it increased dramatically during the last century.

Using the option 'Change country from the chart, you can determine if these two points apply to other countries with available information: Sweden, France and the UK.