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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 more than men do today, and why have these advantages gotten bigger over time? The evidence is sketchy and we're only able to provide partial solutions. We know there are biological, behavioral as well as environmental factors that all play a role in women living longer than men, we do not know the extent to which each factor plays a role.<br><br>It is known that women are living longer than males, regardless of weight. But, this is not because of certain non-biological aspects have changed. These factors are changing. Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Other 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.<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. It is clear that every country is over the diagonal line of parity. This means that a newborn girl from every country could anticipate to live longer than her older brother.<br><br>This graph shows that while there is a female advantage in all countries, 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>In countries with high incomes, the women's advantage in longevity was previously smaller.<br>Let's take a look at how the female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The following chart shows male and female life expectancies at birth in the US over the period 1790-2014. Two points stand [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] out.<br><br>There is an upward trend. and women in the US live much, much longer today than a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>The gap is growing: Although the advantage of women in terms of life expectancy was quite small, it has [https://realitysandwich.com/_search/?search=increased increased] substantially in the past.<br><br>By selecting 'Change Country from the chart, you will be able to verify that these two points apply to the other countries with available data: Sweden, France and the UK.