Why women are more likely to live 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. What’s the main reason women live longer than men? And how has this advantage gotten larger over time? There isn’t much evidence and we have only partial answers. We know that biological, behavioral and environmental factors all play a role in the fact that women…