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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 in the present, and why is this difference growing over time? The evidence is limited and we're only able to provide incomplete solutions. We know there are biological, psychological as well as environmental factors that play an integral role in [https://soundcloud.com/search/sounds?q=women%20living&filter.license=to_modify_commercially women living] longer than men, we do not know the extent to which each factor plays a role.<br><br>In spite of the weight, we know that at least part of the reason why women live so much longer than men in the present and not previously, is to do with the fact that several fundamental non-biological factors have changed. What are these changing factors? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Some are more complex. 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 in all countries the newborn girl is likely to live longer than a new boy.1<br><br>It is interesting to note that although the female advantage is present everywhere, global differences are significant. In Russia women live 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan the gap is less than half a calendar year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>In wealthy countries, the female advantage in longevity was smaller<br>We will now examine how the female advantage in terms of longevity has changed over time. The next chart compares male and female life expectancies at birth in the US between 1790 and 2014. Two distinct features stand out.<br><br>There is an upward trend: [https://glorynote.com/ تحاميل مهبلية] Men and women in the US live a lot, much 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 an increase in the gap between men and women: female advantage in life expectancy used be very small, but it grew substantially over the last century.<br><br>By selecting 'Change Country from the chart, you will be able to check that these two points also apply to the other countries with available data: Sweden, France and the UK.