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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 live more than men do today and how is this difference growing in the past? The evidence isn't conclusive and we only have incomplete answers. Although we know that there are behavioral, biological and environmental variables which all play a part in women's longevity more than males, it isn't clear what percentage each factor plays in.<br><br>We know that women are living longer than men, [https://glorynote.com/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88-%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86/ افضل شامبو وبلسم] regardless of their weight. But this isn't because of certain non-biological aspects have [https://Www.bbc.co.uk/search/?q=changed changed]. What are the factors that are changing? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Other are more complicated. For [http://prosto-infa.ru/2022/03/31/why-women-are-more-likely-to-live-longer-than-men-25/ افضل شامبو وبلسم] 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 over the diagonal line of parity. This implies that a baby girl in every country can expect to live longer than her older brother.<br><br>This chart illustrates that, although there is a women's advantage everywhere, cross-country differences are often significant. In Russia women have a longer life span than males; while in Bhutan the gap is less than half an hour.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>The advantage women had in life expectancy was much lower in the richer countries than it is today.<br>Let's see how the female longevity advantage has changed over time. The next chart plots the life expectancy of males and females at birth in the US over the period 1790-2014. Two points stand out.<br><br>First, there is an upward trend. Both genders in the United States live longer than they did 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>Second, there's a widening gap: The female advantage in life expectancy used to be quite small, but it grew substantially over the course of the last century.<br><br>You can check if these are applicable to other countries that have information by clicking on the "Change country" option in the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.