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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 | + | 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 are more likely to live longer than men? And why is this difference growing as time passes? There isn't much evidence and we have only limited solutions. We know there are biological, psychological and environmental variables that play an integral role in women who live longer than men, we do not know how much each factor contributes.<br><br>We know that women are living longer than men, regardless of weight. But, this is not because of certain biological factors have changed. What are the factors that are changing? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Other are more complicated. 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 [https://www.business-opportunities.biz/?s=reduced reduced] the long-term health burden from infectious diseases, [https://glorynote.com/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%B1/ افضل كريم للشعر] 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 all countries are above the line of parity diagonally. This means that a newborn girl from every country could anticipate to live longer than her older brother.<br><br>The chart above shows that the advantage of women is present everywhere, difference between countries is huge. In Russia women have a longer life span than men. In Bhutan the difference is just half each year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>In wealthy countries, the advantage of women in longevity was smaller<br>We will now examine how the female advantage in longevity has changed over time. The next chart shows male and female life expectancies when they were born in the US over the period 1790-2014. Two points stand out.<br><br>First, there is an upward trend. Both genders in America live longer than they were 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>There is a widening gap: [http://elooly.com/wiki/mediawiki-1.36.1/index.php/Why_Do_Women_Live_Longer_Than_Men افضل كريم للشعر] The female advantage in terms of life expectancy used be extremely small but it increased substantially over the last century.<br><br>You can verify that the points you've listed are applicable to other countries that have information by clicking on the "Change country" option in the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden. |
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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 are more likely to live longer than men? And why is this difference growing as time passes? There isn't much evidence and we have only limited solutions. We know there are biological, psychological and environmental variables that play an integral role in women who live longer than men, we do not know how much each factor contributes.
We know that women are living longer than men, regardless of weight. But, this is not because of certain biological factors have changed. What are the factors that are changing? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Other are more complicated. 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, افضل كريم للشعر 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 line of parity diagonally. This means that a newborn girl from every country could anticipate to live longer than her older brother.
The chart above shows that the advantage of women is present everywhere, difference between countries is huge. In Russia women have a longer life span than men. In Bhutan the difference is just half each year.
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In wealthy countries, the advantage of women in longevity was smaller
We will now examine how the female advantage in longevity has changed over time. The next chart shows male and female life expectancies when they were born in the US over the period 1790-2014. Two points stand out.
First, there is an upward trend. Both genders in America live longer than they were 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.
There is a widening gap: افضل كريم للشعر The female advantage in terms of life expectancy used be extremely small but it increased substantially over the last century.
You can verify that the points you've listed are applicable to other countries that have information by clicking on the "Change country" option in the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.
