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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. | + | 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 live longer than men? And why is this difference growing over time? We have only a small amount of evidence and the evidence is not sufficient to reach an absolute conclusion. We know that behavioral, biological and environmental factors all play a role in the fact that women are healthier than men; however, we do not know how much the influence of each of these factors is.<br><br>It is known that women live longer than men, regardless of their weight. However, this is not because of certain biological or non-biological factors have changed. These variables are evolving. 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, 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 over the line of parity diagonally. This implies that a baby girl in all countries can expect to live longer than her older brother.<br><br>It is interesting to note that although the female advantage exists across all countries, the cross-country differences are large. In Russia women live 10 years longer than males; while in Bhutan the difference is just half an hour.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>The female advantage in life expectancy was much lower in countries with higher incomes as [https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=compared compared] to the present.<br>Let's examine how the advantage of women in longevity has changed with time. The next chart compares the life expectancy of males and females at birth in the US between 1790 and 2014. Two things stand out.<br><br>The first is that there is an upward trend. Men and women 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>The gap is widening: [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] While the advantage of women in life expectancy was tiny, it has increased substantially over time.<br><br>When you click on the option "Change country from the chart, you will be able to check that these two points are also applicable to other countries that have available information: Sweden, France and the UK. |
Revision as of 19:47, 11 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 why women live longer than men? And why is this difference growing over time? We have only a small amount of evidence and the evidence is not sufficient to reach an absolute conclusion. We know that behavioral, biological and environmental factors all play a role in the fact that women are healthier than men; however, we do not know how much the influence of each of these factors is.
It is known that women live longer than men, regardless of their weight. However, this is not because of certain biological or non-biological factors have changed. These variables are evolving. 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, 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 line of parity diagonally. This implies that a baby girl in all countries can expect to live longer than her older brother.
It is interesting to note that although the female advantage exists across all countries, the cross-country differences are large. In Russia women live 10 years longer than males; while in Bhutan the difference is just half an hour.
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The female advantage in life expectancy was much lower in countries with higher incomes as compared to the present.
Let's examine how the advantage of women in longevity has changed with time. The next chart compares the life expectancy of males and females at birth in the US between 1790 and 2014. Two things stand out.
The first is that there is an upward trend. Men and women in America live longer than they were 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.
The gap is widening: افضل كريم للشعر While the advantage of women in life expectancy was tiny, it has increased substantially over time.
When you click on the option "Change country from the chart, you will be able to check that these two points are also applicable to other countries that have available information: Sweden, France and the UK.
