Why Do Women Have Longer Lives 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 why does this benefit increase over time? The evidence is sketchy and we only have some solutions. Although we know that there are biological, psychological as well as environmental factors which play a significant role in women who live longer than males, it isn't clear how much each one contributes.

In spite of how much weight, we know that at least part of the reason why women live so much longer than men however not as in the past, is to relate to the fact that several key non-biological factors have changed. What are these factors that have changed? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Other are more complicated. 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 كيفية ممارسة العلاقة الزوجية فى الاسلام (click this over here now) women. We can see that all countries are above the line of parity diagonally. This implies that a baby girl in all countries can expect to live longer than her brother.

The chart above shows that the advantage of women exists in all countries, difference between countries is huge. In Russia women live for 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan the difference is less that half a year.

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In wealthy countries, the longevity advantage for women used to be smaller
Let's now look at how the gender advantage in terms of longevity has changed over time. The following chart shows the gender-based and female-specific life expectancy when they were born in the US from 1790-2014. Two distinct features stand out.

First, there's an upward trend: Men and كيفية ممارسة العلاقة الزوجية فى الاسلام women in the US are living much, much longer than they did a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

The gap is widening: While the advantage of women in life expectancy used to be tiny, it has increased substantially in the past.

You can check if these points are also applicable to other countries with data by clicking the "Change country" option in the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.