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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. What is the reason women are more likely to live longer than men? Why is this difference growing in the past? There is only limited evidence and the evidence isn't sufficient to reach an absolute conclusion. We know that biological, behavioral and environmental factors play a role in the fact that women are healthier than men; however, we aren't sure how strong the relative contribution of each of these factors is.<br><br>We are aware that women live longer than men, regardless of weight. But it is not due to the fact that certain non-biological aspects have changed. What are these changing factors? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. There are other issues that are more [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/search?source=nav-desktop&q=intricate intricate]. 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.<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 every country is above the line of parity diagonally. This implies that a baby girl in every country can anticipate to live longer than her older brother.<br><br>It is interesting to note that although the female advantage is present everywhere, country-specific differences are huge. In Russia women have an average of 10 years more than men, while in Bhutan the gap is just half a year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>The female advantage in life expectancy was less in rich countries than it is today.<br>Let's look at how the gender advantage in life expectancy has changed over time. The next chart shows male and female life expectancies at birth in the US between 1790 and 2014. Two areas stand out.<br><br>There is an upward trend. Men and women in the US have a much longer life span longer than they did 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>There is a [https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/search?search_api_views_fulltext=widening widening] gap: The female advantage in life expectancy used be very modest, but it grew substantially over the last century.<br><br>You can verify that these points are also applicable to other countries that have data by clicking the "Change country" option on the chart. This includes the UK, France, [https://glorynote.com/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%82%D9%88%D9%81/ كيفية إقامة علاقة بالصور] and Sweden.