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Everywhere in the world women live longer than men - but this was not always the case. The available data from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rich%20countries 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 the advantage has grown in the past? We only have partial evidence and the evidence isn't strong enough to make a definitive conclusion. We recognize that biological, behavioral and environmental factors contribute to the fact that women live longer than men; however, we do not know how much the influence of each one of these factors is.<br><br>In spite of how much amount, we can say that at least a portion of the reason why women live so much longer than men however not as in the past, has to do with the fact that several significant non-biological elements have changed. These variables are evolving. Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Others 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. We can see that all countries are above the diagonal parity line - this means that in all countries that a baby girl can be expected to live longer than a new boy.1<br><br>The chart above shows that, while the advantage for women is present everywhere, country-specific differences are huge. In Russia, women live for 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan the difference is only half a year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>In the richer countries, the women's advantage in longevity was smaller<br>Let's look at how the [https://www.blogher.com/?s=gender%20advantage gender advantage] in life expectancy has changed over time. The next chart plots the life expectancy of males and افضل كريم للشعر ([https://glorynote.com/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%B1/ glorynote.com]) females at birth in the US from 1790 to 2014. Two distinct points stand out.<br><br>The first is that there is an upward trend. Both men as well as 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>There is an increase in the gap between men and [http://www.upcyclem.com/author/omarwisdom9/ افضل كريم للشعر] women: female advantage in life expectancy used to be very modest, but it grew substantially during the last century.<br><br>You can confirm that these are applicable to other countries with data by selecting the "Change country" option in the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.