Why Women Live Longer Than Men
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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. | + | 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 why women have a longer life span than men? What is the reason the [https://www.cbsnews.com/search/?q=advantage advantage] has grown over time? The evidence is sketchy and we're only able to provide incomplete answers. We know that behavioral, biological and environmental factors all contribute to the fact that women are healthier than men; however, we do not know what the contribution of each of these factors is.<br><br>In spite of how much weight, we know that a large portion of the reason women live longer than men today however not as previously, has to be due to the fact that several important non-biological aspects have changed. These are the factors that are changing. 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 women tend to live longer than men<br>The first chart below shows life expectancy at birth for men and women. As we can see, all countries are above the diagonal parity line , ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور ([https://glorynote.com/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%AB-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85/ mouse click the next document]) this means in all countries that a baby girl can be expected to live for longer than a newborn boy.1<br><br>It is interesting to note that, while the advantage for women exists across all countries, the cross-country differences are large. In Russia women live for 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan the difference is just half a year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>The female advantage in life expectancy was smaller in rich countries that it is today.<br>Let's examine how the female longevity advantage has changed in the course of time. The chart below illustrates the male and female life expectancy at the birth in the US between 1790-2014. Two points stand out.<br><br>First, there is an upward trend. Men and women in America live longer than they were 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>There is a widening gap: The female advantage in terms of life expectancy used be quite small, but it grew substantially during the last century.<br><br>If you select the option "Change country in the chart, you are able to determine if these two points also apply to other countries that have available data: Sweden, France and the UK. |
