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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 longer than men in the present, and why has this advantage increased over time? There is only limited evidence and the evidence isn't sufficient to reach a definitive conclusion. Although we know that there are behavioral, biological and environmental variables which play a significant role in women who live longer than men, we do not know how much each one contributes.<br><br>We have learned 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. 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, [http://www.abcbet.pl/forum/profile.php?id=143951 علامات الحمل بولد] especially for survivors, ended up raising women's longevity disproportionately.<br><br>Everywhere in the world women tend to live longer than men<br>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 any country can be expected to live for longer than her younger brother.<br><br>This chart illustrates that, while there is a female advantage in all countries, [https://glorynote.com/%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF/ علامات الحمل بولد] the differences across countries can be significant. In Russia women have an average of 10 years more than men. In Bhutan the difference is just half a year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>The advantage women had in [https://www.answers.com/search?q=life%20expectancy life expectancy] was much lower in rich countries as compared to the present.<br>Let's look at the way that female advantages in terms of longevity has changed over time. The next chart shows male and female life [https://www.medcheck-up.com/?s=expectancies expectancies] when they were born in the US from 1790 to 2014. Two points stand out.<br><br>The first is that there is an upward trend. Both genders living in America are living longer than they did a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>Second, there's an increase in the gap between men and women: female advantage in terms of life expectancy used be very small however, it has increased significantly over the last century.<br><br>By selecting 'Change Country from the chart, you will be able to verify that these two points are applicable to the other countries with available data: Sweden, France and the UK.