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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 is the reason women live much longer than men today and why has this advantage increased in the past? The evidence isn't conclusive and we have only limited answers. We recognize that biological, behavioral and environmental factors play a role in the fact that women are healthier than men; but we don't know exactly how strong the relative contribution of each factor is.<br><br>We have learned that women live longer than men, regardless of their weight. However it is not because of certain non-biological aspects have changed. These are the factors that are changing. 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 [https://www.dict.cc/?s=life%20expectancy life expectancy] at birth for men and women. We can see that all countries are above the diagonal parity line ; this means that in all countries the [https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=newborn%20girl newborn girl] is likely to live for longer than a newborn boy.1<br><br>This chart shows that, even though women enjoy an advantage across all countries, differences between countries can be significant. In Russia, women live 10 years longer than males. In Bhutan there is a difference of less that half a year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>In the richer countries, the advantage of women in longevity was previously smaller.<br>Let's look at how female longevity advantage has changed over time. The next chart compares the life expectancy of males and females at birth in the US from 1790 to 2014. Two aspects stand out.<br><br>First, there is an upward trend. Both genders living in America are living longer than they did 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>Second, the gap is widening: While the advantage of women in life expectancy was once extremely small however, it has grown significantly with time.<br><br>You can confirm that these points are also applicable to other countries that have data by selecting the "Change country" option on the chart. This includes the UK, France, and [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] Sweden.