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Why women are more likely to live longer than men?

Feb 12th 2022, 7:49 am
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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 much longer than men today and تزويد لايكات يوتيوب why has this advantage increased in the past? There isn't much evidence and we're only able to provide incomplete solutions. Although we know that there are behavioral, biological and environmental factors that play an integral role in women who live longer than men, we don't know how much each factor contributes.

In spite of the amount, we can say that at a minimum, the reason women live so much longer than men do today, but not in the past, has to be due to the fact that a number of fundamental non-biological factors have changed. These factors are changing. 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. We can see that all countries are above the diagonal line of parity. This implies that a baby girl from every country could be expected to live for longer than her younger brother.

The chart below shows that while there is a female advantage in all countries, the differences across countries could be significant. In Russia women live 10 years longer than males. In Bhutan the gap is just half a year.

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In wealthy countries, the advantage of women in longevity was smaller
Let's look at how female longevity advantage has changed over time. The chart below illustrates the men and women's life expectancies at birth in the US during the period 1790 to 2014. Two specific points stand out.

First, there is an upward trend. Men and women in the US have a much longer life span longer today than a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

The gap is increasing: While the female advantage in life expectancy used to be very small but it has risen significantly over time.

You can confirm that these principles are also applicable to other countries with data by clicking on the "Change country" option on the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.

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