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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://www.bing.com/search?q=rich%20countries&form=MSNNWS&mkt=en-us&pq=rich%20countries rich countries] shows that women didn't live longer than men in the 19th century. What is the reason women are more likely to live longer than men? What is the reason is this difference growing in the past? There is only limited evidence and the evidence is not sufficient to reach an informed conclusion. We know there are biological, psychological and environmental variables that play an integral role in the longevity of women over men, we do not know what percentage each factor plays in.<br><br>It is known that women are living longer than men, regardless of weight. But it is not due to the fact that certain non-biological aspects have changed. These variables are evolving. 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 [https://en.search.wordpress.com/?q=women%20tend 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 every country is above the diagonal line of parity. This means that a newborn girl in every country can expect to live longer than her brother.<br><br>The chart above shows that although the female advantage exists across all countries, the global differences are significant. In Russia, women live 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan there is a difference of only half a year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>The advantage women had in life expectancy was smaller in rich countries that it is today.<br>Let's see how the female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The next chart shows male and female life expectancies when they were born in the US during the time period between 1790 and 2014. Two things stand out.<br><br>There is an upward trend. Women and men in America have longer lives than they used to a century 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 very small however, [https://glorynote.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A9/ العاب زوجية] it has increased significantly during 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 apply to the other countries having available data: Sweden, France and the UK.