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 so longer than men and why does this benefit increase in the past? The evidence is limited and اوضاع الجماع - blog post from glorynote.com, we're left with only limited solutions. Although we know that there are biological, psychological and environmental variables which all play a part in women's longevity more than males, we aren't sure how much each factor contributes.

It is known that women live longer than men, regardless of weight. But, this is not due to the fact that certain biological or 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. Certain 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 women. As you can see, every country is above the diagonal parity line - which means that in every country the newborn girl is likely to live for longer than a new boy.1

This graph shows that while there is a female advantage across all countries, differences between countries are often significant. In Russia, women live 10 years more than men. In Bhutan, the difference is less than half a calendar year.

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In rich countries the female advantage in longevity used to be smaller
Let's examine how the female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The chart below shows male and female life expectancy at birth in the US from 1790-2014. Two points stand out.

There is an upward trend. Men and women in America live longer than they used to 100 years 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 terms of life expectancy was extremely small but it has risen significantly over time.

When you click on the option "Change country' on the chart, you can confirm that the two points apply to other countries that have available information: Sweden, France and the UK.