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 have a longer life span than men? And how is this difference growing as time passes? We have only a small amount of evidence and the evidence isn't sufficient to support a definitive conclusion. We know there are behavioral, ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور (click to read) biological, ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور and environmental factors that play an integral role in women's longevity more than males, we aren't sure the extent to which each factor plays a role.

We are aware that women are living longer than males, regardless of weight. But, this is not because of certain non-biological factors have changed. These variables are evolving. 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. As we can see, every country is above the diagonal parity line - this means in all countries the newborn girl is likely to live for longer than a new boy.1

The chart below shows that although women have an advantage throughout the world, the differences between countries are often significant. In Russia, women live for 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan there is a difference of only half a year.

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The advantage of women in terms of life expectancy was lower in developed countries than it is today.
Let's see how the female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The next chart shows male and female life expectancies when they were born in the US over the period 1790-2014. Two points stand out.

There is an upward trend. Men and women in America live longer than they were 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

Second, there's an increasing gap: The female advantage in terms of life expectancy used be very modest however it increased dramatically during the last century.

You can check if these principles are also applicable to other countries that have information by clicking on the "Change country" option in the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.