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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 longer than men in the present, and why has this advantage increased in the past? The evidence isn't conclusive and we're left with only limited answers. We recognize that biological, behavioral and environmental factors all contribute to the fact that women live longer than men; however, we aren't sure what the contribution to each of these variables is.<br><br>We have learned that women live longer than males, regardless of weight. However this isn't because of certain biological factors have changed. These 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 [https://search.usa.gov/search?affiliate=usagov&query=reduced 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 [https://glorynote.com/%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%BA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF/ صبغ الشعر بالاسود] men and women. As you can see, every country is above the diagonal parity line - this means that in all countries a newborn girl can expect to live longer than a new boy.1<br><br>This chart shows that, while there is a female advantage everywhere, cross-country differences 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>In wealthy countries, the women's advantage in longevity used to be smaller<br>Let's examine how the female longevity advantage has changed over time. The chart below shows male and female life expectancy when they were born in the US in the years 1790 to 2014. Two points stand out.<br><br>The first is that there is an upward trend: Men as well as women in the US live a lot, 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 increasing: While the advantage of women in life expectancy was extremely small but it has risen significantly in the past.<br><br>By selecting 'Change Country' on the chart, [http://firmidablewiki.com/index.php/Why_Do_Women_Have_Longer_Lives_Than_Men صبغ الشعر بالاسود] you can confirm that the two points also apply to the other countries having available information: Sweden, France and the UK.