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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's the reason women have a longer life span than men? What is the reason the advantage has grown in the past? We only have partial evidence and the evidence isn't strong enough to make an absolute conclusion. We know that behavioral, biological and environmental factors all contribute to the fact that women have longer lives than men, [https://glorynote.com/%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%BA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF/ صبغ الشعر بالاسود] however, we do not know what the contribution of each one of these factors is.<br><br>In spite of the precise amount of weight, we are aware that a large portion of the reason women live so much longer than men today however not as 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 [https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/rich%20countries 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 you can see, every country is above the diagonal parity line - which means that in every country baby girls can expect to live longer than a newborn boy.1<br><br>The chart below shows that although women have an advantage everywhere, cross-country differences could be significant. In Russia, women live 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan the gap is only half a year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>In the richer countries, the female advantage in longevity was smaller<br>Let's take a look at how the female longevity advantage has changed over time. The next chart plots the male and female lifespans at birth in the US over the period 1790-2014. Two things stand out.<br><br>First, there's an upward trend. Men and women in the US live much, [http://www.ubiqueict.com/?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=user&id=3379464 صبغ الشعر بالاسود] much longer than they did 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>The second is that there is a widening gap: The female advantage in terms of life expectancy used to be quite small however, it has increased significantly over the last century.<br><br>By selecting 'Change Country from the chart, you are able to confirm that the two points apply to other countries that have available information: Sweden, France and the UK.