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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 have a longer life span than men? What is the reason the advantage has grown over time? There isn't much evidence and we're left with only some answers. We know that biological, behavioral and ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور environmental factors all contribute to the fact that women are healthier than men; but we don't know exactly how much the influence of each one of these factors is.

Independently of the exact number of pounds, we know that a large portion of the reason why women live longer than men in the present and not previously, has to relate to the fact that some fundamental non-biological factors have changed. The factors changing are numerous. Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. There are other issues that are more intricate. For ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور (visit glorynote.com now >>>) 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 diagonal parity line ; it means that in all nations the newborn girl is likely to live for longer than a new boy.1

The chart above shows that the advantage of women exists across all countries, the cross-country differences are large. In Russia women are 10 years older than men. In Bhutan the difference is just half an hour.

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In the richer countries, the female advantage in longevity was not as great.
We will now examine how the female advantage in life expectancy has changed over time. The chart below illustrates the male and female life expectancies when they were born in the US in the years 1790-2014. Two points stand out.

There is an upward trend. Men and women in the United States live longer than they used to 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

Second, the gap is growing: Although the female advantage in life expectancy was quite small however, it has grown significantly over time.

You can verify that these are applicable to other countries with data by selecting the "Change country" option in the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.