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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 [https://www.wonderhowto.com/search/rich%20countries/ rich countries] shows that women didn't live longer than men in the 19th century. Why do women live longer than men and why is this difference growing in the past? The evidence isn't conclusive and we have only incomplete answers. We recognize that biological, behavioral and environmental factors all play a role in the fact that women are healthier than men; but we don't know exactly what the contribution of each of these factors is.<br><br>Independently of the exact weight, [https://glorynote.com/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%AB-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85/ ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور] we know that at least a portion of the reason why women live longer than men do today but not in the past, is to relate to the fact that several significant non-biological elements have changed. These are the factors that are changing. Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Some are more complex. For example, there is evidence that in rich countries the female advantage increased in part because infectious [https://www.britannica.com/search?query=diseases 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 all countries are above the line of parity diagonally. This implies that a baby girl in every country can be expected to live for longer than her older brother.<br><br>This graph shows that while there is a female advantage across all countries, differences between countries can be significant. In Russia women live 10 years longer than males. In Bhutan the gap is only half a year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>In countries with high incomes, the longevity advantage for women was smaller<br>Let's examine how the female longevity advantage has changed over time. The following chart shows the gender-based and female-specific life expectancy at the birth in the US between 1790 to 2014. Two distinct points stand out.<br><br>The first is that there is an upward trend. Women and men living in America are living longer than they did 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>And second, there is an ever-widening gap: female advantage in life expectancy used to be extremely small but it increased substantially in the past century.<br><br>You can confirm that these are applicable to other countries with data by clicking the "Change country" option on the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden. |
Revision as of 14:21, 13 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. Why do women live longer than men and why is this difference growing in the past? The evidence isn't conclusive and we have only incomplete answers. We recognize that biological, behavioral and environmental factors all play a role in the fact that women are healthier than men; but we don't know exactly what the contribution of each of these factors is.
Independently of the exact weight, ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور we know that at least a portion of the reason why women live longer than men do today but not in the past, is to relate to the fact that several significant non-biological elements have changed. These are the factors that are changing. Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Some are more complex. 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 all countries are above the line of parity diagonally. This implies that a baby girl in every country can be expected to live for longer than her older brother.
This graph shows that while there is a female advantage across all countries, differences between countries can be significant. In Russia women live 10 years longer than males. In Bhutan the gap is only half a year.
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__S.19__
In countries with high incomes, the longevity advantage for women was smaller
Let's examine how the female longevity advantage has changed over time. The following chart shows the gender-based and female-specific life expectancy at the birth in the US between 1790 to 2014. Two distinct points stand out.
The first is that there is an upward trend. Women and men living in America are living longer than they did 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.
And second, there is an ever-widening gap: female advantage in life expectancy used to be extremely small but it increased substantially in the past century.
You can confirm that these are applicable to other countries with data by clicking the "Change country" option on the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.
