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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? What is the reason has this advantage gotten larger over time? The evidence is sketchy and we're left with only some solutions. While we are aware that there are behavioral, biological as well as environmental factors which all play a part in the longevity of women over men, we don't know the extent to which each factor plays a role.<br><br>We have learned that women live longer than men, regardless of their weight. However it is not due to the fact that certain biological or [https://glorynote.com/%D8%A3%D8%B6%D9%8A%D9%82-%D9%88%D8%B6%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9/ اضيق وضعية للجماع] non-biological factors have changed. The factors changing are numerous. 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 [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/women%20tend 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 ; it means that in all nations the newborn girl is likely to live for longer than a new boy.1<br><br>It is interesting to note that the advantage of women exists across all countries, the global differences are significant. In Russia women live 10 years longer than men; in Bhutan the gap is just half one year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>In the richer countries, the longevity advantage for women was smaller<br>Let's look at the way that female advantages in longevity has changed over time. The next chart shows the life expectancy of males and females when they were born in the US over the period 1790-2014. Two specific points stand out.<br><br>First, there is an upward trend. Women and men in America have longer lives than they used to a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>Second, the gap is widening: While the advantage of women in life expectancy was once extremely small however, it has grown significantly in the past.<br><br>If you select the option "Change country in the chart, you will be able to determine if these two points also apply to the other countries having available information: Sweden, France and the UK.