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 has this advantage increased over time? There isn't much evidence and we have only limited solutions. While we are aware that there are biological, behavioral, and environmental factors which play a significant role in women who live longer than males, we aren't sure what percentage each factor كيفية ممارسة العلاقة الزوجية فى الاسلام plays in.

We are aware that women are living longer than men, regardless of weight. But, this is not due to the fact that certain non-biological factors have changed. These factors are changing. Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Others 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, all countries are above the diagonal parity line ; it means that in all nations that a baby girl can be expected to live longer than a newborn boy.1

This graph shows that even though women enjoy an advantage across all countries, differences between countries could be significant. In Russia women have an average of 10 years more than men, while in Bhutan the gap is less than half each year.

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In wealthy countries, the female advantage in longevity was not as great.
Let's now look at how the female advantage in life expectancy has changed over time. The chart below shows men and women's life expectancies at birth in the US in the years 1790 until 2014. Two areas stand كيفية ممارسة العلاقة الزوجية فى الاسلام out.

The first is that there is an upward trend. Men and women in the US are living much, much longer today than a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

The gap is getting wider: Although the advantage of women in life expectancy used to be extremely small but it has risen significantly with time.

Using the option 'Change country by country' in the chart, you will be able to determine if these two points also apply to the other countries with available data: Sweden, France and the UK.