Why do women live longer than men

Women in Bangladesh now live 3.3 years longer than men-study finds https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/women-bangladesh-now-live-33-years-longer-men-study-finds-267286 15 comments 28/6/2021 worldnews

Greater gender equality helps both women and men live longer https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/981404 31 comments 6/3/2023 science

Why women live longer than men. http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/why-women-outlive-men/81247138/#utm_medium=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=august 17 comments 4/8/2012 science

Anxiety Helps Elderly Women Live Longer--Guess What it Does to Men http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/healthday/080314/anxiety-helps-elderly-women-live-longer.htm 2 comments 15/3/2008 science

Eunuchs reveal clues to why women live longer than men http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19699266 14 comments 26/9/2012 science

Why women live longer than men (A photo contest) http://www.plainjanegames.com/funstuff/womenlivelonger2.htm 2 comments 10/11/2006 reddit.com

A second X chromosome might be why women live longer than men. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/12/17/women-life-expectancy-x-chromosomes/#.xbklirnkii4 6 comments 18/12/2018 science

Men are stronger, but women live longer: So which is the healthiest sex? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1168115/men-stronger-women-live-longer-so-healthiest-sex.html 4 comments 7/4/2009 science

Women Didn’t Live Longer Than Men in Medieval Times. Here’s Why https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/women-didnt-live-longer-than-men-in-medieval-times-heres-why/ 25 comments 21/1/2025 anthropology

Women May Live Longer Than Men Because Their Immune Systems Age Slower http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22528388 27 comments 15/5/2013 science

Baby Boomers Living Longer, Not Healthier: "Men and women born between 1946 and 1964 were more likely to suffer from high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes than the generation before them . . . They were also more likely to be obese and less likely to exercise." http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/02/05/baby-boomers-living-longer-not-healthier/ 3 comments 5/2/2013 politics

The following photos show conclusively why it is that women tend to live longer than men. [comic] http://amazing-filtered.blogspot.com/2007/06/why-women-live-longer-than-men.html 2 comments 12/6/2007 reddit.com

After age 65, women live longer than men, but a new study found the extra years are spent dealing with more disabilities than men. http://www.upi.com/health_news/2016/03/18/study-women-live-longer-than-men-but-with-more-disabilities/9451458316187/ 41 comments 20/3/2016 science

Women may live longer, healthier lives than men because their immune systems age more slowly, researchers have found. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10056901/womens-immune-systems-hold-the-secret-to-longer-life.html 5 comments 16/5/2013 science

Men married to smart women live longer - Times Online http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6872519.ece 3 comments 19/11/2009 reddit.com

Women have not always lived longer than men. The "mortality gap" is a recent phenomenon. Smoking and heart disease are responsible for most excess male deaths in the 20th century. http://unclognose.com/mortality-gap-women-live-longer-than-men/ 8 comments 11/12/2016 science

Women have not always lived longer than men. The "mortality gap" is a recent phenomenon. Smoking and heart disease are responsible for most excess male deaths in the 20th century. http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2015/07/07/mortality_gap_why_women_live_longer_than_men_109299.html 1027 comments 6/7/2015 science

Female Chromosomes Offer Resilience to Alzheimer’s: Women with Alzheimer’s live longer than men with the disease, and scientists now have evidence from research in both humans and mice that this is because they have genetic protection (due to the second X chromosome) from the ravages of the disease https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/08/418291/female-chromosomes-offer-resilience-alzheimers 21 comments 30/8/2020 science

"Baby boomers are living longer lives than their predecessors, but not necessarily healthier lives, according to a new study . . . Men and women born between 1946 and 1964 were more likely to suffer from high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes than the generation before them" http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/02/05/baby-boomers-living-longer-not-healthier/ 20 comments 5/2/2013 science

Women tend to live longer than men but typically have higher rates of illness. Now, new research suggests these higher rates of illness can be improved by a better diet, one that is high in pigmented carotenoids such as yams, kale, spinach, watermelon, bell peppers, tomatoes, oranges and carrots. https://news.uga.edu/carotenoids-improve-womens-health/ 162 comments 17/7/2022 science

Happy older people live longer, say researchers. The likelihood of dying due to any cause was 19 percent lower for happy older people. Further, the inverse association of happiness with mortality was consistently present among men and women https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/dms-hop082718.php 4 comments 27/8/2018 science

New study shows the staggering differences in life expectancy between the richest and poorest in America. The richest American men live 15 years longer than the poorest men, while the richest American women live 10 years longer than the poorest women. http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/04/for-life-expectancy-money-matters/ 46 comments 11/4/2016 science

Scientists may have figured out why women live longer than men, linking it to having two X chromosomes, which defend against ageing. The extra X provides a sturdy cellular structure that protects against gene mutation and sickness, based on study of sex chromosomes and lifespan of 229 species. https://nypost.com/2020/03/04/scientist-may-have-figured-out-why-women-live-longer-than-men/ 11 comments 8/3/2025 science

Men and women in managerial positions lived longer (compared to those in routine jobs), but only men record more years with happiness. Women in routine jobs were systematically the ones who were expected to live shorter and unhappier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827321000100 3 comments 19/6/2021 science

Women less likely to get a lung transplant than men and spend six weeks longer on the waiting list, study finds | However, women who received a lung transplant are more likely than men to live for five years post-transplant. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1069511 199 comments 9/1/2025 science