why do women live longer than men?
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We release feelings, emotions-verbally discuss with other women etc.and also find ways to lower stress-also cry when upset which also releases stress, negatives .In general men tend to bottle things up inside for required to act "manly'. Keeping things bottled up  esp. negative emotions, feelings increases stress levels which  can lead to Hyper tensions, heart disease, heart attacks, strokes etc.
193214
There are also a lot of births. People, in general, are living longer.
574626
Interesting question about microbiology. Some recent studies have suggested that many people have a genetic mutation that may result in longer lives.  This mutation is in the mitochrondrial DNA.  You might check out the following websites for more information: www.wired.com/news/medtech and www.imminst.org \nThese sites may go into more detail as to the pathophysiology of the mutation.
401121
No worries . . . a guy dies sooner than a woman anyways . . . because women drive men to death . . . lol
1114858
Neither one is more important than the other, since both are required to keep the system going.  However, as the limiting factor in reproduction is how fast women can gestate young, give birth, and recover enough to gestate another child, you need far fewer males than females (as males can continually impregnate other females while pregnant females gestate young).\n\nHowever, to dispel a myth, while females do comprise slightly more of the population than males, nature produces 105 males to every 100 females in human beings.  \n\nThe difference which leads to the female majority in humans is the result of the fact males are much more likely to be victims of murder, are much more likely to die accidental deaths, are more likely to be killed in the line of work, be killed during wars or battles, are more likely to suffer from a chronic genetic disease (most are carried on the X chromosome, so while you have to have two defective copies of the gene in females in order for them to be afflicted by it and not be a carrier, males only have one copy of the genes on the X chromosome, so they need only receive one defective copy to cause them to suffer from the disease... and no, this doesn't make females biologically superior since it proves the mother of the offspring specifically had defective genetic traits which were passed on to the male offspring) etc... etc... etc...\n\nAnd nature seems to understand this, and hedges its bet by producing more males to shore up the numbers.\n\nP.S.-- We cannot clone viable sperm.  Males still have to manufacture the stuff au naturel for the process to work.
1157182
My research problem for your group is\n     Inverstigation into how women live longer than men
123343
It is not true that women go through more health problems than men do. The truth is that they are more sensible in some sectors and less in other.\nTake as an example heart diseases. \nThe incidence of heart diseases is less frequent in women than in men, because they have the estrogens (a kind of hormones)that are protecting them.\nAnother example could be smoking and lung diseases.\nWomen are more vulnerable at this point, because of their anatomic caracteristics : their lungs are smaller, so the same amount of smoke inhaled by a man or by a woman, will be more harmful for a woman.\nAnd so on.\nThe only difference is that they are more sensible, so the way that they perceive things can make them more vulnerable and this could influence potentially their health status.\nSo, use YAHOO! Q&A as I do! It is relaxing and instructive.\n\nKaterina
247119
The reason men die before women do, is because they want to.  It gives them a few years of peace before they see them again in the Great Beyond.
489860
As you age, the metabolism slows and the female hormone levels change.  Both changes make it harder and harder for women to lose weight.  It is another of the unfortunate body circumstances that afflicts women but not men.  Their weight is never influenced by their hormones.  Somehow, we women always  get the short end of the stick.  :)
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Yes, there are some reasons for that; baby boys are weaker than baby girls and have a higher mortality rate, men historically have gone to war, men have a higher success rate when it comes to suicide, teenaged boys live recklessly and a high number dies in car crashes yearly.
109877
well maybe because men are more sexually active faster then the women and also at a young age.so they cant waste time you know.time is precious
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Humans by Era, Average Lifespan (in years)\n\nNeanderthal, 20 \nNeolithic, 20 \nClassical Greece, 28 \nClassical Rome, 28 \nMedieval England, 33 \n1800's End of 19th Century, 37 \n1900's Early 20th Century, 50 \n1940's Circa 1940, 65 \nCurrent (in the West), 77-81 \n\n\n\nVariations in life expectancy in the world today:\n\nThere are great variations in life expectancy worldwide, mostly caused by differences in public health, medicine and nutrition from country to country.\n\nThere are also variations between groups within single countries. For example, in the US in the early 20th century there were very large differences in life expectancy between people of different races, which have since lessened. There remain significant differences in life expectancy between men and women in the US and other developed countries, with women outliving men. These differences by sex have been reducing in recent years, with men's life expectancy improving at a faster rate than women's. Poverty and inequality has a very substantial effect on life expectancy. In the United Kingdom life expectancy in the wealthiest areas is ten years longer than the poorest areas and the gap appears to be increasing as life expectancy for the prosperous continues to increase while in more deprived communities there is little increase. (Department of Health -[Tackling health inequalities]: Status report on the Programme for Action\n\nAir pollution may also reduce life expectancy, especially for those living near busy roads, due to the exhaust fumes from cars. Occupation may also have a major effect on life expectancy. Well-educated professionals working in offices have a high life expectancy, while asbestos and coal miners do not. Other aspects for individual life expectancy are genetic disorders and, to some extent, excessive drug use, especially when the purity of the drug is low or unknown.
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It is a combination of a number of things.\n\n1.  Men do engage in more risky activities especially in their teen years and young adulthood.\n2.  Men do adopt more dangerous occupations much more frequently than women.\n3.  Male babies are more susceptible to a variety of maladies including more frequent crib death.\n4.  Women's hormones have a protective effect on the cardiovascular system and only after women go through menopause are the protective effects are largely diminished.\n5.  Men do tend to carry the stresses of their lives alone rather than readily socializing and having a network of support.\n6.  The social role of men is to be THE provider.  Further men's identity is more wrapped in what they do for a living.   As a result men tend to take their careers more seriously as evidenced by working longer hours, competing for and accepting more promotions - it is hypothesized that this amounts to unhealthy behaviors of poor diet, high stress, and not seeking regular healthcare. \n7.  Men are more successful at committing suicide.  \n\nThe whole X, Y chromosome thing sounded fine but if this were the case we would see many diseases unique to men...it just simply is not the case.  Their are very few illnesses that are unique to men, other than things like prostate cancer.  It just does not hold water.  Look at the things men are dying of...it is not of exotic genetic deficiencies or diseases thereof.\n\nThe proof that these differences exist is easy to compute.  As of 2002, male life expectancy if born then in the U.S. is nearly five years less than a female's.
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Homo sapiens live on average 37 years in Zambia and on average 81 years in Japan. The oldest confirmed recorded age for any human is 122 years, though some people are reported to have lived longer. The following information is derived from the Encyclopædia Britannica, 1961:\n\nHumans by Era, Average Lifespan (in years)\n\nNeanderthal, 20 \n(Note: Neanderthal is actually a different species from modern humans but is still considered to be a hominid) \nNeolithic, 20 \nClassical Greece, 28 \nClassical Rome, 28 \nMedieval England, 33 \nEnd of 19th Century, 37 \nEarly 20th Century, 50 \nCirca 1940, 65 \nCurrent (in the Western world), 77-81 \n\nNote: These represent the life expectancies of the population as a whole. In many instances life expectancy varied considerably according to class.\n\nThere are great variations in life expectancy worldwide, mostly caused by differences in public health, medicine and nutrition from country to country.\n\nThere are also variations between groups within single countries. For example, in the United States during the early 20th century there were large differences in life expectancy between people of different ethnicity, which have since lessened. There remain significant differences in life expectancy between men and women in the US and other developed countries, with women outliving men. These gender differences have been lessening in recent years, with men's life expectancy improving at a faster rate than women's. Poverty has a very substantial effect on life expectancy. In the United Kingdom life expectancy in the wealthiest areas is ten years longer than the poorest areas and the gap appears to be increasing as life expectancy for the prosperous continues to increase while in more deprived communities there is little increase. \n\n(Department of Health -Tackling health inequalities: Status report on the Programme for Action)\n\nAir pollution may also reduce life expectancy, especially for those living near busy roads, due to the exhaust fumes from cars. Occupation may also have a major effect on life expectancy. Well-educated professionals working in offices have a high life expectancy, while asbestos and coal miners do not. Other factors affecting an individual's life expectancy are genetic disorders, access to health care, diet, exercise, tobacco smoking, and excessive drug and alcohol use.
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Male is 77.64 years\nFemale 83.52 years\n\nAverage person breaths around 600,000,000 times in a lifetime \n(although this assumes 15 breaths/min and an average lifespan of 75 years)
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Depends on how old you are now, your current diet, smoking and drinking levels, and genetics (ie how long did your dad live to).\n\nMales tend to die off 2-4 years earlier than women.  The US average for men is around 74yrs.  But with future advancements in organ transplants and medication I can believe we will live well into our 80's
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That depends on the species; typically larger forms live longer, but there are many factors that influence longevity.\nHere's a webpage with documented longevity records, look at those for order Primates:\nhttp://www.demogr.mpg.de/longevityrecords/0203.htm