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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 are more likely to live longer than men? And how has this advantage gotten larger over time? There is only limited evidence and the evidence isn't sufficient to support an [https://www.buzzfeed.com/search?q=informed%20conclusion informed conclusion]. We know there are biological, behavioral as well as environmental factors which all play a part in women's longevity more than males, it isn't clear how much each one contributes.<br><br>We are aware that women are living longer than men, regardless of weight. But, this is not because of certain non-biological factors 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, [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] 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 over the line of parity diagonally. This means that a newborn girl in every country can [https://www.blogher.com/?s=anticipate anticipate] to live longer than her brother.<br><br>The chart below shows that although there is a women's advantage in all countries, the differences across countries are often significant. In Russia, women live 10 years more than males. In Bhutan the gap is only half a year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>The advantage of women in terms of life expectancy was lower in the richer countries than it is today.<br>Let's look at how the female advantage in longevity has changed with time. The chart below shows male and female life expectancy when they were born in the US from 1790 until 2014. Two aspects stand out.<br><br>There is an upward trend. Both genders in America live longer than they did a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>And second, there is a widening gap: The female advantage in life expectancy used to be extremely small however it increased dramatically during the last century.<br><br>You can check if these 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.