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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 have a longer life span than men? And why is this difference growing over time? The evidence isn't conclusive and we're left with only some answers. We recognize that biological, [https://glorynote.com/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3/ ابر التخسيس] behavioral and environmental factors contribute to the fact that women are healthier than men; however, we do not know how strong the relative contribution to each of these variables is.<br><br>It is known that women live longer than men, regardless of weight. But this isn't due to the fact that certain biological factors have changed. What are these [https://www.exeideas.com/?s=changing%20factors 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. It is clear that every country is over the [https://www.nuwireinvestor.com/?s=diagonal diagonal] line of parity. This means that a newborn girl from any country can expect to live longer than her brother.<br><br>The chart above shows that while the female advantage is present everywhere, difference between countries is huge. In Russia, women live for 10 years longer than males. In Bhutan the gap is less than half a calendar year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>The advantage of women in life expectancy was less in developed countries than it is now.<br>Let's look at how female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The next chart plots male and female life expectancy when they were born in the US from 1790 to 2014. Two aspects stand out.<br><br>The first is that there is an upward trend. Both men and women in the US are living much, 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, the gap is growing: Although the female advantage in life expectancy was very small however, it has grown significantly with time.<br><br>It is possible to verify that these points are also applicable to other countries that have data by clicking on the "Change country" option on the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.