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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 longer than men in the present and how is this difference growing over time? We only have partial evidence and the evidence is not strong enough to make a definitive conclusion. While we are aware that there are biological, behavioral, and [https://www.modernmom.com/?s=environmental%20factors environmental factors] which all play a part in women who live longer than males, we aren't sure how much each one contributes.<br><br>We are aware that women are living longer than men, regardless of their weight. However this isn't because of certain non-biological aspects have changed. These variables are evolving. 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, [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] 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 every country is above the diagonal line of parity. This means that a newborn girl from every country could expect to live longer than her older brother.<br><br>The chart below shows that although there is a women's advantage everywhere, cross-country differences can be significant. In Russia women have an average of 10 years more than males; while in Bhutan the difference is less than half one year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>In rich countries the longevity advantage for women was previously smaller.<br>Let's take a look at how the female longevity advantage has changed over time. The next chart shows male and female life expectancy when they were born in the US between 1790 and 2014. Two things stand out.<br><br>There is an upward trend. Men and women living in America are living longer than they used to 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>There is a widening gap: The female advantage in life expectancy used be very small however it increased dramatically in the past century.<br><br>By selecting 'Change Country by country' in the chart, check that these two points are also applicable to the other countries with available data: Sweden, France and the UK.