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. What is the reason women live longer than men in the present and how have these advantages gotten bigger in the past? There isn't much evidence and we only have some answers. Although we know that there are biological, behavioral, and environmental factors that play an integral role in women living longer than men, we don't know the extent to which each factor plays a role.

Independently of the exact number of pounds, we know that at least part of the reason why women live longer than men do today however not as in the past, has to have to do with the fact that certain fundamental non-biological factors have changed. What are these new factors? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. There are others that are more intricate. For ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور 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 every country is above the diagonal parity line , this means that in all countries the newborn girl is likely to live longer than a new boy.1

This chart is interesting in that it shows that although the female advantage exists across all countries, the country-specific differences are huge. In Russia women live for 10 years longer than males. In Bhutan the gap is less than half a calendar year.

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The advantage women had in life expectancy was less in developed countries than it is today.
Let's examine how the advantage of women in life expectancy has changed over time. The following chart shows the men and women's life expectancies at birth in the US in the years 1790-2014. Two points stand ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور out.

First, there's an upward trend. Both men as well as women in the US live much, much longer than they did 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

The gap is growing: Although the female advantage in life expectancy used to be very small, it has increased substantially over time.

Using the option 'Change country' on the chart, you will be able to confirm that the two points are also applicable to other countries with available data: Sweden, France and the UK.