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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 are more likely to live longer than men? And why is this difference growing over time? The evidence is limited and we're only able to provide limited solutions. We know that behavioral, biological and environmental factors play a role in the fact that women have longer lives than men, however, we aren't sure how much the influence to each of these variables is.<br><br>In spite of how much number of pounds, we know that at least a portion of the reason women live longer than men, but not in the past, has to relate to the fact that some fundamental non-biological factors have changed. These factors are changing. Some are well known and [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] relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Certain are more complicated. 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. We can see that every country is over the diagonal line of parity. This means that a newborn girl from any country can anticipate to live longer than her older brother.<br><br>This graph shows that although there is a women's advantage across all countries, differences between countries could be significant. In Russia women live 10 years longer than men; in Bhutan the difference is less than half a year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>In countries with high incomes, the women's advantage in longevity was smaller<br>Let's see how the female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The next chart plots the male and female lifespans at birth in the US over the period 1790-2014. Two points stand out.<br><br>There is an upward trend. Both men and women in the US live much, much longer today than a century ago. This is in line with [https://www.buzzfeed.com/search?q=historical%20increases historical increases] in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>And second, there is an increase in the gap between men and women: female advantage in life expectancy used be very small however it increased dramatically in the past century.<br><br>By selecting 'Change Country in the chart, you will be able to confirm that the two points are applicable to other countries with available data: Sweden, France and the UK.