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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 and how is this difference growing in the past? The evidence is limited and we're only able to provide some answers. We recognize that biological, behavioral and environmental factors all [https://www.rt.com/search?q=contribute contribute] to the fact that women have longer [https://search.usa.gov/search?affiliate=usagov&query=life%20spans life spans] than men, but we don't know exactly how strong the relative contribution of each of these factors is.<br><br>It is known that women live longer than men, regardless of weight. But it is not because of certain biological or [http://125.134.58.71/groups/why-women-are-more-likely-to-live-longer-than-men-1551354836/ ابر التخسيس] non-biological factors have changed. What are the factors that are changing? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Others 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. As we can see, all countries are above the diagonal parity line ; this means in all countries the newborn girl is likely to live longer than a newborn boy.1<br><br>It is interesting to note that, while the advantage for women exists everywhere, the difference between countries is huge. In Russia women live 10 years more than men. In Bhutan the gap is less that half a year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>The advantage of women in life expectancy was smaller in rich countries that it is today.<br>Let's see how the female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The next chart shows male and ابر التخسيس [[https://glorynote.com/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3/ glorynote.com]] female life expectancies at birth in the US over the period 1790-2014. Two points stand out.<br><br>There is an upward trend. Men and women in America have longer lives than they used to 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>Second, the gap is growing: Although the female advantage in life expectancy used to be quite small however, it has grown significantly in the past.<br><br>You can check if these are applicable to other countries with data by clicking the "Change country" option on the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.