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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. Why do women live so longer than men and how is this difference growing over time? We only have a few clues and the evidence isn't sufficient to reach an unambiguous conclusion. We recognize that biological, behavioral and environmental factors contribute to the fact that women are healthier than men; however, we do not know how significant the impact of each of these factors is.<br><br>In spite of the precise weight, we know that at least part of the reason why women live longer than men in the present, but not previously, [https://glorynote.com/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%B1/ زيوت تطويل الشعر] has to relate to the fact that certain important non-biological aspects have changed. What are these changing factors? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. There are others 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 implies that a baby girl in all countries can anticipate to live longer than her brothers.<br><br>It is interesting to note that the advantage of women exists in all countries, [https://search.un.org/results.php?query=country-specific%20differences country-specific differences] are huge. In Russia women are 10 years older than men; in Bhutan the difference is just half each year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>In the richer countries, the female advantage in longevity used to be smaller<br>Let's examine how the female longevity advantage has changed over time. The next chart compares male and female life expectancies when they were born in the US between 1790 and 2014. Two things stand out.<br><br>There is an upward trend. Men and [https://www.anunciosentuciudad.es/author/bookerseeve/ زيوت تطويل الشعر] women in the US have a much longer life span longer than they did 100 years 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 quite small however it increased dramatically over the last century.<br><br>When you click on the option "Change country in the chart, you will be able to check that these two points are also applicable to the other countries with available data: Sweden, France and the UK.