Why are women living longer than men?
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. Why do women live longer than men in the present and why is this difference growing in the past? We have only a small amount of evidence and the evidence isn’t sufficient to support an absolute conclusion. Although we know that there are biological, behavioral…