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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 much longer than men today and how have these advantages gotten bigger in the past? We only have a few clues and the evidence is not strong enough to make an informed conclusion. We know there are biological, behavioral, and environmental factors which play a significant role in women's longevity more than men, we don't know how much each factor contributes.<br><br>In spite of the precise amount of weight, we are aware that a large portion of the reason why women live so much longer than men today but not previously, is to do with the fact that some significant non-biological elements have changed. What are the factors that are changing? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Others 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 all countries are above the diagonal parity line ; which means that in every country the newborn girl is likely to live for longer than a newborn boy.1<br><br>It is interesting to note that, while the advantage for women exists across all countries, the country-specific differences are huge. In Russia women live 10 years longer than men; in Bhutan the gap is just half one year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>In the richer countries, the female advantage in longevity used to be smaller<br>Let's see how the female longevity advantage has changed over time. The following chart shows the male and [https://glorynote.com/%D8%A3%D8%B6%D9%8A%D9%82-%D9%88%D8%B6%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9/ اضيق وضعية للجماع] female life expectancy when they were born in the US from 1790 until 2014. Two distinct features stand out.<br><br>First, there is an upward trend. and women in the US live much, much longer than they did a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>The gap is growing: Although the female advantage in terms of life expectancy was quite small but it has risen significantly over time.<br><br>By selecting 'Change Country by country' in the chart, you will be able to check that these two points also apply to other [https://www.behance.net/search/projects/?sort=appreciations&time=week&search=countries countries] with available information: Sweden, France and the UK.