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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 and why has this advantage increased over time? There isn't much evidence and we have only partial answers. Although we know that there are behavioral, biological and environmental factors which play a significant role in women who live longer than men, we don't know how much each factor contributes.<br><br>Independently of the exact amount of weight, we are aware that a large portion of the reason why women live longer than men in the present and not in the past, has to have to do with the fact that certain 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. There are other issues that are more [https://www.nuwireinvestor.com/?s=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 all countries are above the line of parity diagonally. This means that a newborn girl from any country can anticipate to live longer than her younger brother.<br><br>This chart is interesting in that it shows that the advantage of women is present everywhere, global differences are significant. In Russia women live 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan the gap is just half each year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>The advantage for women in life expectancy was much lower in developed countries as compared to the present.<br>Let's look at how the advantage of women in longevity has [https://www.google.com/search?q=changed&btnI=lucky changed] with time. The chart below illustrates the male and female life expectancy at the time of birth in the US during the period 1790-2014. Two things stand [https://glorynote.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A9/ العاب زوجية] out.<br><br>First, there is an upward trend. Both men and women in the US are living much, much longer than they did 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>And second, there is a widening gap: The female advantage in life expectancy used be very modest but it increased substantially over the course of the last century.<br><br>If you select the option "Change country' on the chart, you can confirm that the two points apply to other countries with available information: Sweden, France and the UK.