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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 why women have a longer life span than men? And why the advantage has grown in the past? There is only limited evidence and the evidence isn't sufficient to support an unambiguous conclusion. We know there are biological, psychological as well as environmental factors that play an integral role in women living longer than males, it isn't clear how much each one contributes.<br><br>It is known that women are living longer than men, regardless of weight. But this isn't because of certain biological or non-biological factors have changed. These variables are evolving. Some are well known and relatively straightforward, [https://glorynote.com/%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF/ علامات الحمل بولد] 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 all countries are over the diagonal line of parity. This means that a newborn girl in every country can expect to live longer than her brother.<br><br>It is interesting to note that, while the advantage for women exists across all countries, the cross-country differences are large. In Russia women have an average of 10 years more than men. In Bhutan the [https://www.brandsreviews.com/search?keyword=difference difference] is just half each year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>The advantage of women in life expectancy was much lower in developed countries that it is today.<br>Let's look at how female longevity advantage has changed over time. The following chart shows the gender-based and female-specific life expectancy at the birth in the US during the period 1790 to 2014. Two points stand out.<br><br>There is an upward trend. Both men and women in the US live much, much longer than they did 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>There is an increasing gap: The female advantage in life expectancy used to be quite small however, it has increased significantly over the last century.<br><br>When you click on the option "Change country in the chart, you are able to determine if these two points are applicable to other countries that have available data: Sweden, France and the UK.