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 how does this benefit increase over time? The evidence is sketchy and العاب زوجية; glorynote.com, we’re only able to provide incomplete answers. Although we know that there are behavioral, biological as well as environmental factors that all play a role in women living longer than males, we aren’t sure what percentage each factor plays in.
We are aware that women live longer than men, regardless of their weight. But it is not due to the fact that certain non-biological aspects have changed. What are these new factors? 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 diagonal line of parity. This implies that a baby girl in every country can anticipate to live longer than her brother.
The chart below shows that even though women enjoy an advantage in all countries, the differences across countries can be substantial. In Russia women are 10 years older than males; while in Bhutan the difference is just half each year.
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The female advantage in life expectancy was less in the richer countries than it is now.
Let’s take a look at how the female longevity advantage has changed over time. The following chart shows the life expectancy of males and females when they were born in the US over the period 1790-2014. Two things stand out.
The first is that there is an upward trend. Men and women in America have longer lives than they used to 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.
There is an ever-widening gap: female advantage in life expectancy used be very modest, but it grew substantially during the last century.
It is possible to verify that these points are also applicable to other countries that have data by selecting the “Change country” option on the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.
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