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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 live longer than men? What is the reason the advantage has grown over time? The evidence isn't conclusive and we're only able to provide incomplete answers. Although we know that there are biological, psychological as well as environmental factors that all play a role in women living longer than males, it isn't clear what percentage each factor plays in.

In spite of how much number of pounds, we know that at least part of the reason women live so much longer than men do today and not in the past, has to relate to the fact that several fundamental non-biological factors have changed. These factors are changing. Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Some are more complex. For كيفية ممارسة العلاقة الزوجية فى الاسلام 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 you can see, all countries are above the diagonal parity line ; this means in all countries the newborn girl is likely to live longer than a newborn boy.1

The chart above shows that while the female advantage exists in all countries, country-specific differences are huge. In Russia women live for 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan, the difference is less that half a year.

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The advantage for women in life expectancy was much lower in the richer countries than it is now.
Let's examine how the gender advantage in longevity has changed over time. The chart below shows men and women's life expectancies when they were born in the US between 1790-2014. Two things stand out.

The first is that there is an upward trend. Women and men living in America are living longer than they used to 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 life expectancy was once extremely small It has significantly increased over time.

By selecting 'Change Country from the chart, كيفية ممارسة العلاقة الزوجية فى الاسلام you are able to confirm that the two points apply to other countries with available information: Sweden, France and the UK.