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 has this advantage increased over time? The evidence is limited and we only have some answers. While we are aware that there are biological, psychological as well as environmental factors which play a significant role in women living longer than men, we don't know how much each one contributes.
It is known that women live longer than men, regardless of weight. But this isn't due to the fact that certain biological factors have changed. What are these factors that have changed? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Other 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 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 brothers.
This chart shows that, although there is a women's advantage everywhere, cross-country differences can be significant. In Russia women live for 10 years longer than males. In Bhutan the gap is less than half a calendar year.
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In wealthy countries, the women's advantage in longevity was previously smaller.
We will now examine how the female advantage in life expectancy has changed over time. The next chart plots the male and female lifespans at birth in the US over the period 1790-2014. Two aspects stand Www.mzbdw.net/home.php?mod=space&uid=872566&do=profile out.
The first is that there is an upward trend. as well as women in the US live a lot, much longer than they did a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.
There is an ever-widening gap: female advantage in terms of life expectancy used be very small however it increased dramatically during the last century.
You can confirm that these are applicable to other countries that have data by selecting the "Change country" option in the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.
It is known that women live longer than men, regardless of weight. But this isn't due to the fact that certain biological factors have changed. What are these factors that have changed? Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. Other 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 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 brothers.
This chart shows that, although there is a women's advantage everywhere, cross-country differences can be significant. In Russia women live for 10 years longer than males. In Bhutan the gap is less than half a calendar year.
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In wealthy countries, the women's advantage in longevity was previously smaller.
We will now examine how the female advantage in life expectancy has changed over time. The next chart plots the male and female lifespans at birth in the US over the period 1790-2014. Two aspects stand Www.mzbdw.net/home.php?mod=space&uid=872566&do=profile out.
The first is that there is an upward trend. as well as women in the US live a lot, much longer than they did a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.
There is an ever-widening gap: female advantage in terms of life expectancy used be very small however it increased dramatically during the last century.
You can confirm that these are applicable to other countries that have data by selecting the "Change country" option in the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.