Why Women Are More Likely To Live 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. Why do women live much longer than men today and ابر التخسيس why is this difference growing in the past? We only have a few clues and the evidence is not strong enough to make an absolute conclusion. We recognize that biological, behavioral and environmental factors contribute to the fact that women are healthier than men; however, we aren't sure what the contribution of each factor is.

We are aware that women are living longer than males, regardless of weight. But this isn't because of certain non-biological factors have changed. These factors are changing. Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Others 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 above the diagonal line of parity. This implies that a baby girl in all countries can be expected to live for longer than her brother.

This graph shows that although there is a women's advantage everywhere, ابر التخسيس cross-country differences can be substantial. In Russia, women live for 10 years longer than males. In Bhutan, the difference is just half a year.

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In rich countries the longevity advantage for women used to be smaller
Let's examine how the advantage of women in terms of longevity has changed over time. The chart below illustrates the gender-based and female-specific life expectancy when they were born in the US during the period 1790-2014. Two areas stand out.

There is an upward trend. Women and men in America have longer lives than they did 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

The second is that there is an increasing gap: The female advantage in terms of life expectancy used to be extremely small but it increased substantially in the past century.

By selecting 'Change Country' on the chart, you can check that these two points apply to the other countries with available information: Sweden, France and the UK.