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Everywhere in the world women live longer than men - but this was not always the case. The available data from [https://search.un.org/results.php?query=rich%20countries rich countries] shows that women didn't live longer than men in the 19th century. What makes women live longer than men, and why have these advantages gotten bigger over time? We only have partial evidence and the evidence is not strong enough to make an unambiguous conclusion. Although we know that there are behavioral, biological, and environmental factors which all play a part in women living longer than males, [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] we aren't sure what percentage each factor plays in.<br><br>We have learned that women live longer than males, regardless of weight. But it is not because of certain biological factors have changed. What are the factors that are changing? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Others 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, 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. As you can see, all countries are above the diagonal parity line - which means that in every country a newborn girl can expect to live for longer than a newborn boy.1<br><br>This chart shows that, although there is a women's advantage in all countries, the differences across countries can be substantial. 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>The advantage women had in terms of life expectancy was lower in the richer countries that it is today.<br>Let's look at the way that female advantages in terms of longevity has changed over time. The next chart plots the male and female lifespans when they were born in the US over the period 1790-2014. Two areas stand out.<br><br>The first is that there is an upward trend. 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>Second, the gap is getting wider: Although the female advantage in life expectancy was once quite small It has significantly increased in the past.<br><br>When you click on the option "Change country' on the chart, verify that these two points are applicable to the other countries having available information: Sweden, France and the UK.