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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's the reason why women live longer than men? And why has this advantage gotten larger as time passes? The evidence isn't conclusive and we're left with only some solutions. While we are aware that there are behavioral, biological and environmental factors that play an integral role in the longevity of women over males, we aren't sure what percentage each factor plays in.<br><br>Independently of the exact amount, we can say that at a minimum, the reason women live so much longer than men in the present and not in the past, is to have to do with the fact that certain significant non-biological elements have changed. What are these new factors? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Certain are more complicated. For example, [https://remsana.getfundedafrica.com/members/ryan93j429423/activity/728883/ علامات الحمل بولد] 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 [https://search.un.org/results.php?query=long-term%20health long-term health] burden from infectious diseases, especially for survivors, [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] 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 above the diagonal line of parity. This means that a newborn girl from every country could expect to live longer than her brother.<br><br>This chart illustrates 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; in Bhutan the gap is less than half one year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>The advantage of women in life expectancy was much lower in rich countries than it is today.<br>Let's now look at how the gender advantage in terms of longevity has changed over time. The following chart shows the male and female life expectancies when they were born in the US during the period 1790 until 2014. Two distinct features stand out.<br><br>First, there's an upward trend: Men and women in the US have a much longer life span longer today than a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>Second, the gap is getting wider: Although the advantage of women in life expectancy was quite small but it has risen significantly in the past.<br><br>Using the option 'Change country' on the chart, you are able to verify that these two points apply to other countries that have available information: Sweden, France and the UK.