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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 main reason women are more likely to live longer than men? And why does this benefit increase over time? The evidence is limited and we only have incomplete answers. We know that biological, behavioral and environmental factors all contribute to the fact that women have longer lives than men, However, we're not sure what the contribution of each one of these factors is.<br><br>In spite of the precise weight, we know that a large portion of the reason women live so much longer than men do today but not in the past, is to do with the fact that certain key non-biological factors have changed. What are these new factors? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Other are more complicated. For example, there is evidence that in [https://www.purevolume.com/?s=rich%20countries rich countries] the [https://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=female%20advantage 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, [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] especially for [https://avoidingplastic.com/wiki/index.php/User:StefanieGaddis8 علامات الحمل بولد] 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 every country is above the diagonal parity line ; this means in all countries the newborn girl is likely to live for longer than a newborn boy.1<br><br>This chart shows that, while there is a female advantage in all countries, the differences across countries can be substantial. In Russia, women live 10 years more than males. In Bhutan the gap is less than half a calendar year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>The advantage women had in life expectancy was smaller in the richer countries that it is today.<br>Let's take a look at how the female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The following chart shows the men and women's life expectancies at the time of birth in the US between 1790-2014. Two aspects stand out.<br><br>There is an upward trend. Men and women in the US live a lot, much 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 female advantage in terms of life expectancy was quite small but it has risen significantly over time.<br><br>You can check if these are applicable to other countries with data by selecting the "Change country" option on the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.