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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 is this difference growing as time passes? The evidence isn't conclusive and we have only limited solutions. We know that biological, behavioral and [https://www.gameinformer.com/search?keyword=environmental%20factors environmental factors] contribute to the fact that women have longer life spans than men, but we don't know exactly how much the influence of each of these [https://www.Answers.com/search?q=factors factors] is.<br><br>We know that women are living longer than men, regardless of their weight. But this is not because of certain non-biological factors have changed. What are these new factors? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. There are other issues that are more intricate. 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 above the diagonal line of parity. This implies that a baby girl in every country can expect to live longer than her brothers.<br><br>It is interesting to note that, while the advantage for women exists everywhere, the country-specific differences are huge. In Russia women are 10 years older than men; in Bhutan the gap is just half one year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>In countries with high incomes, the longevity advantage for women was not as great.<br>Let's see how the female longevity advantage has changed over time. The next chart plots male and female life expectancy at birth in the US during the time period between 1790 and [https://Glorynote.com/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88-%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86/ افضل شامبو وبلسم] 2014. Two points stand out.<br><br>First, there is an upward trend. Women and men in America have longer lives than they used to a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>And second, there is an increasing gap: The female advantage in terms of life expectancy used to be very modest however it increased dramatically over the course of the last century.<br><br>If you select the option "Change country by country' in the chart, you will be able to verify that these two points apply to the other countries having available data: Sweden, France and the UK.