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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 makes women live more than men do today and how is this difference growing over time? The [https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/search?search_api_views_fulltext=evidence evidence] isn't conclusive and we have only incomplete answers. While we are aware that there are biological, behavioral and environmental variables which all play a part in women who live longer than males, [https://glorynote.com/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%82%D9%88%D9%81/ كيفية إقامة علاقة بالصور] it isn't clear how much each factor contributes.<br><br>We have learned that women live longer than men, regardless of their weight. But, this is not because of certain non-biological aspects 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 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 all countries are above the diagonal line of parity. This means that a newborn girl in every country can anticipate to live longer than her brothers.<br><br>This chart shows that, although there is a women's advantage everywhere, cross-country differences are often significant. In Russia women have an average of 10 years more than men; in Bhutan the gap is less than half one year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>In countries with high incomes, the advantage of women in longevity was smaller<br>We will now examine how the female advantage in longevity has changed with time. The following chart shows the life expectancy of males and females at birth in the US from 1790 to 2014. Two specific points stand out.<br><br>First, there is an upward trend. Both genders in the United States live longer than they did 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>Second, there's a widening gap: The female advantage in life expectancy used be very modest but it increased substantially over the last century.<br><br>You can check if 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.