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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 women | + | 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 women have a longer life span than men? Why has this advantage gotten larger over time? We have only a small amount of evidence and the evidence isn't sufficient to reach an unambiguous conclusion. We know that behavioral, [https://de.bab.la/woerterbuch/englisch-deutsch/biological biological] and environmental factors contribute to the fact that women have longer lives than men, However, we're not sure what the contribution to each of these variables is.<br><br>In spite of the amount, we can say that at least a portion of the reason why women live so much longer than men today, but not in the past, is to be due to the fact that several significant non-biological elements have changed. What are these changing factors? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Other are more complicated. For العاب زوجية [[https://glorynote.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A9/ glorynote.com]] 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.<br><br>Everywhere in the world women tend to live longer than men<br>The first chart below shows life expectancy at birth for men and women. We can see that every country is above the diagonal parity line ; this means in all countries that a baby girl can be expected to live for longer than a new boy.1<br><br>This chart illustrates that, although women have an advantage across all countries, differences between countries can be significant. In Russia women are 10 years older than men. In Bhutan the difference is less than half each year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>In the richer countries, the advantage of women in longevity was smaller<br>We will now examine how the advantage of women in longevity has changed with time. The next chart plots male and female life expectancies when they were born in the US from 1790 to 2014. Two things stand out.<br><br>The first is that there is an upward trend. Both men and women in the US live much, [https://mireiavalbuena.com.es/fluxbb/profile.php?id=149347 العاب زوجية] much longer today than a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>Second, the gap is getting wider: Although the advantage of women in terms of life expectancy was tiny It has significantly increased with time.<br><br>You can verify that these are applicable to other countries with data by selecting the "Change country" option in the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden. |
Revision as of 15:53, 9 January 2022
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 women have a longer life span than men? Why has this advantage gotten larger over time? We have only a small amount of evidence and the evidence isn't sufficient to reach an unambiguous conclusion. We know that behavioral, biological and environmental factors contribute to the fact that women have longer lives than men, However, we're not sure what the contribution to each of these variables is.
In spite of the amount, we can say that at least a portion of the reason why women live so much longer than men today, but not in the past, is to be due to the fact that several significant non-biological elements have changed. What are these changing factors? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Other are more complicated. For العاب زوجية [glorynote.com] 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 above the diagonal parity line ; this means in all countries that a baby girl can be expected to live for longer than a new boy.1
This chart illustrates that, although women have an advantage across all countries, differences between countries can be significant. In Russia women are 10 years older than men. In Bhutan the difference is less than half each year.
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__S.19__
In the richer countries, the advantage of women in longevity was smaller
We will now examine how the advantage of women in longevity has changed with time. The next chart plots male and female life expectancies when they were born in the US from 1790 to 2014. Two things stand out.
The first is that there is an upward trend. Both men and women in the US live much, العاب زوجية much longer today than a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.
Second, the gap is getting wider: Although the advantage of women in terms of life expectancy was tiny It has significantly increased with time.
You can verify that these are applicable to other countries with data by selecting the "Change country" option in the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.
