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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 women are more likely to live longer than men? Why the advantage has grown over time? The evidence is limited and we're left with only incomplete answers. We recognize that biological, behavioral and environmental factors contribute to the fact that women live longer than men; however, we do not know how much the influence of each of these factors is.<br><br>We are aware that women live longer than men, regardless of their weight. But this isn't because of certain non-biological factors have changed. What are these new factors? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Certain are more complicated. For [http://question.forex.pm/?qa=49334/why-do-women-have-longer-lives-than-men ابر التخسيس] 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://www.brandsreviews.com/search?keyword=women%20tend 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 [https://hararonline.com/?s=country country] that a baby girl can be expected to live longer than a newborn boy.1<br><br>It is interesting to note that although the female advantage exists in all countries, global differences are significant. In Russia, women live 10 years more than men. In Bhutan, the difference is just half a year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>The advantage women had in life expectancy was less in rich countries as compared to the present.<br>Let's look at how female longevity advantage has changed over time. The chart below illustrates the male and female life expectancies at the time of birth in the US between 1790 until 2014. Two areas stand out.<br><br>There is an upward trend. Men as well as women in the US live much, 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 increasing: While the female advantage in terms of life expectancy was very small but it has risen significantly over time.<br><br>By selecting 'Change Country by country' in the chart, you will be able to verify that these two points are also applicable to other countries with available data: Sweden, France and [https://glorynote.com/ ابر التخسيس] the UK.