Why Are Women Living Longer Than Men

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? Why does this benefit increase as time passes? We have only a small amount of evidence and the evidence isn't sufficient to draw an unambiguous conclusion. We know that behavioral, صبغ الشعر بالاسود biological and environmental factors contribute to the fact that women live longer than men; However, we're not sure what the contribution to each of these variables is.

We know that women live longer than men, regardless of weight. However this is not due to the fact that certain 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 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. It is clear that every country is over the diagonal line of parity. This means that a newborn girl in all countries can anticipate to live longer than her younger brother.

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

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The advantage women had in life expectancy was smaller in the richer countries than it is today.
We will now examine how the gender advantage in terms of longevity has changed over time. The following chart shows the male and female life expectancy at birth in the US during the period 1790 to 2014. Two specific points stand out.

There is an upward trend. Men and women in the United States live 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 female advantage in life expectancy was tiny It has significantly increased in the past.

It is possible to verify that the points you've listed are applicable to other countries with data by clicking the "Change country" option in the chart. This includes the UK, France, and صبغ الشعر بالاسود Sweden.