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 main reason women live longer than men? And why is this difference growing as time passes? The evidence isn't conclusive and we're only able to provide some answers. While we are aware that there are behavioral, biological and environmental factors that all play a role in women living longer than males, it isn't clear how much each one contributes.

In spite of the weight, we know that a large portion of the reason why women live so much longer than men today but not previously, is to have to do with the fact that certain important non-biological aspects have changed. What are the factors that are changing? 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 parity line , which means that in every country the newborn girl is likely to live longer than a newborn boy.1

This chart shows that, even though women enjoy an advantage throughout the world, ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور the differences between countries can be significant. In Russia women live for 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan there is a difference of less that half a year.

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The advantage women had in life expectancy was smaller in countries with higher incomes than it is today.
Let's see how the female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The next chart compares male and female life expectancy when they were born in the US during the time period between 1790 and 2014. Two things stand out.

First, ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور there is an upward trend. Women and men in America live longer than they were 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

Second, the gap is increasing: While the advantage of women in life expectancy was quite small, it has increased substantially over time.

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