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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 live longer than men? Why has this advantage gotten larger over time? We only have partial evidence and the evidence isn't sufficient to support an absolute conclusion. We recognize that biological, behavioral and environmental factors all play a role in the fact that women live longer than men; However, we're not sure how much the influence of each of these factors is.<br><br>We have learned that women live longer than men, regardless of their weight. But this isn't due to the fact that certain biological or non-biological factors have changed. These factors are changing. Some are well known and relatively straightforward, [https://glorynote.com/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%AB-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85/ ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور] like the fact that men smoke more often. Other 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 reduced the [https://www.houzz.com/photos/query/long-term%20health 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. We can see that every country is above the diagonal line of parity. This means that a newborn girl in all countries can expect to live longer than her younger brother.<br><br>This chart shows that, even though women enjoy an advantage throughout the world, the differences between countries can be substantial. In Russia women have an average of 10 years more than males; while in Bhutan the difference is less than half one year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>In the richer countries, the advantage of women in longevity used to be smaller<br>Let's look at how female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The chart below illustrates the men and women's life expectancies at the time of birth in the US in the years 1790 to 2014. Two distinct features stand out.<br><br>There is an upward trend. Both genders in America live longer than they were a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>Second, the gap is growing: Although the female advantage in life expectancy was tiny, it has increased substantially over time.<br><br>Using the option 'Change country' on the chart, you will be able to determine if these two points are also applicable to other countries that have available information: Sweden, France and the UK.