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 is the reason women have a longer life span than men? And اوضاع الجماع why is this difference growing over time? We only have partial evidence and the evidence is not sufficient to support an unambiguous conclusion. While we are aware that there are behavioral, biological as well as environmental factors that play an integral role in women's longevity more than men, we don't know what percentage each factor plays in.

In spite of how much amount of weight, we are aware that at a minimum, the reason why women live so much longer than men in the present and not previously, is to do with the fact that certain key non-biological factors have changed. These variables are evolving. 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 we can see, every country is above the diagonal line of parity - which means that in every country the newborn girl is likely to live longer than a new boy.1

This graph shows that even though women enjoy an advantage throughout the world, the differences between countries could be significant. In Russia, women live 10 years longer than males. In Bhutan the difference is only half a year.

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The advantage for women in life expectancy was less in developed countries that it is today.
Let's take a look at how the female longevity advantage has changed over time. The next chart compares male and female life expectancy when they were born in the US between 1790 and 2014. Two distinct features stand out.

There is an upward trend. Both genders in America live longer than they did 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

Second, there's an ever-widening gap: female advantage in life expectancy used be very small but it increased substantially over the last century.

You can check if these are applicable to other countries with information by clicking on the "Change country" option in the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.