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 are more likely to live longer than men? What is the reason does this benefit increase as time passes? The evidence is limited and we're only able to provide incomplete solutions. While we are aware that there are behavioral, biological as well as environmental factors that all play a role in women living longer than males, we aren't sure how much each factor contributes.

It is known that women live longer than males, regardless of weight. But this is not due to the fact that certain biological or non-biological factors have changed. These variables are evolving. Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. There are other issues that are more intricate. 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, زيوت تطويل الشعر 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 all countries are over the diagonal line of parity. This implies that a baby girl in all countries can expect to live longer than her brothers.

This chart is interesting in that it shows that, while the advantage for women exists in all countries, country-specific differences are huge. In Russia, women live 10 years more than males. In Bhutan there is a difference of only half a year.

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In the richer countries, the women's advantage in longevity was previously smaller.
Let's look at how female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The next chart plots the life expectancy of males and females when they were born in the US over the period 1790-2014. Two points stand out.

There is an upward trend. Men and women living in America are living longer than they were a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

The second is that there is a widening gap: The female advantage in terms of life expectancy used to be quite small however it increased dramatically during the last century.

By selecting 'Change Country from the chart, زيوت تطويل الشعر you can determine if these two points are applicable to the other countries having available information: Sweden, France and the UK.