Why are women living longer than men?

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 main reason women have a longer life span than men? And Abapdocu.com/index.php/Why_Women_Live_Longer_Than_Men how is this difference growing in the past? There is only limited evidence and the evidence isn’t sufficient to draw a definitive conclusion. We know that biological, behavioral and environmental factors all contribute to the fact that women are healthier than men; however, we aren’t sure how significant the impact of each of these factors is.

In spite of how much number of pounds, we know that at least part of the reason why women live longer than men in the present and not in the past, is to relate to the fact that several fundamental non-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 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 long-term health burden from infectious diseases, especially for survivors, ended up raising women’s longevity disproportionately.

Everywhere in the world women tend to live longer than men

The first chart below shows life expectancy at birth for men and women. We can see that every country is above the diagonal parity line – this means in all countries that a baby girl can be expected to live for longer than a newborn boy.1

This chart illustrates that, even though women enjoy an advantage everywhere, cross-country differences can be significant. In Russia women live 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan the gap is less that half a year.

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The advantage of women in terms of life expectancy was lower in developed countries as compared to the present.

Let’s look at how the gender advantage in longevity has changed with time. The next chart shows male and female life expectancies at birth in the US from 1790 to 2014. Two distinct features stand out.

There is an upward trend. Women and men living in America are living longer than they used to 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

The gap is widening: While the female advantage in life expectancy was tiny, it has increased substantially over time.

It is possible to verify that these are applicable to other countries that have data by clicking the “Change country” option in the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.