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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 why women have a longer life span than men? What is the reason does this benefit increase over time? There is only limited evidence and the evidence isn't strong enough to make an informed conclusion. While we are aware that there are biological, behavioral, and environmental factors which play a significant role in the longevity of women over men, we do not know what percentage each [https://www.buzzfeed.com/search?q=factor%20plays factor plays] in.<br><br>In spite of the precise amount of weight, we are aware that at least a portion of the reason why women live longer than men today but not in the past, is to relate to the fact that a number of significant non-biological elements have changed. What are these factors that have changed? 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, [https://glorynote.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A9/ العاب زوجية] 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 every country is above the diagonal parity line ; this means that in all countries that a baby girl can be expected to live longer than a newborn boy.1<br><br>This chart is interesting in that it shows that the advantage of women is present everywhere, global differences are significant. In Russia women live 10 years longer than males; while in Bhutan the gap is less than half a year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>The advantage for women in life expectancy was less in rich countries that it is today.<br>Let's take a look at how the female longevity advantage has changed over time. The following chart shows the male and female life expectancies at the time of birth in the US from 1790 until 2014. Two things stand out.<br><br>First, there is an upward trend: Men as well as women in the US live a lot, much longer today than a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>The second is that there is an ever-widening gap: female advantage in terms of [https://data.gov.uk/data/search?q=life%20expectancy life expectancy] used to be very modest however, it has increased significantly over the last century.<br><br>You can verify that the points you've listed are applicable to other countries that have data by clicking on the "Change country" option on the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.