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 makes women live longer than men and why does this benefit increase in the past? The evidence is limited and we only have partial answers. We know that behavioral, biological and environmental factors all contribute to the fact that women live longer than men; however, we aren’t sure how strong the relative contribution of each of these factors is.
In spite of the precise amount of weight, we are aware that a large portion of the reason why women live longer than men in the present and not in the past, is to do with the fact that several significant non-biological elements have changed. These variables are evolving. Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Some are more complex. 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. It is clear that all countries are above the line of parity diagonally. This implies that a baby girl in all countries can be expected to live for longer than her younger brother.
The chart above shows that the advantage of women exists across all countries, العاب زوجية the cross-country differences are large. In Russia women have an average of 10 years more than men. In Bhutan the difference is less than half one year.
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The advantage of women in terms of life expectancy was lower in the richer countries that it is today.
Let’s look at how female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The following chart shows the male and female lifespans at birth in the US from 1790 to 2014. Two areas stand out.
The first is that there is an upward trend. Men and women in America live longer than they used to a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.
The gap is growing: Although the advantage of women in life expectancy was once tiny It has significantly increased in the past.
You can verify that the points you’ve listed are applicable to other countries with information by clicking on the “Change country” option in the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.
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