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 [https://www.buzzfeed.com/search?q=women%20live 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. Why do women live more than men do today, and why has this advantage increased over time? We have only a small amount of evidence and the evidence is not strong enough to make an informed conclusion. While we are aware that there are biological, psychological as well as environmental factors that play an integral role in women who live longer than men, we do not know the extent to which each factor plays a role.<br><br>In spite of the amount, we can say that at a minimum, the [https://app.photobucket.com/search?query=reason%20women reason women] live so much longer than men today and not previously, is to relate to the fact that several significant non-biological elements 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.<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 you can see, every country is above the diagonal parity line ; this means that in all countries baby girls can expect to live longer than a newborn boy.1<br><br>This chart is interesting in that it shows that while the female advantage exists everywhere, the difference between countries is huge. In Russia women live 10 years more than men. In Bhutan, the difference is less that half a year.<br><br>__S.17__<br>__S.19__<br>In rich countries the women's advantage in longevity used to be smaller<br>Let's see how the female longevity advantage has changed over time. The next chart plots the male and female lifespans when they were born in the US from 1790 to 2014. Two distinct features stand out.<br><br>First, there is an upward trend. Both genders in the United States live longer than they were 100 years ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.<br><br>The gap is increasing: [https://glorynote.com/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84/ تحاميل مهبلية] While the advantage of women in terms of life expectancy was tiny, it has increased substantially over time.<br><br>Using the option 'Change country' on the chart, determine if these two points are also applicable to the other countries having available data: Sweden, France and the UK. |
