Large disparities in life expectancy may often obscure significant overlap in lifespan. A statistical analysis covering 200 years across all continents published in BMJ Open shows that males have a high probability of outliving women—especially those who are married and have a degree. According
The study estimates between 25 to 50% of men have outlived women over the past 200 years.A statistical analysis covering 200 years across all continents published inshows that males have a high probability of outliving women—especially those who are married and have a degree.
They used a particular statistical approach—the ‘outsurvival’ statistic—-to study sex differences in deaths in 199 populations from every continent over a period of 200 years. This statistic measures the probability that a person from a population with a high death rate will outlive someone from a population with a low death rate.
These were Iceland in 1891; Jordan in 1950–54; Iran in 1950–64, Iraq in 1960–69; before 1985 in Bangladesh, India, and the Maldives; and between 1995 and 2010 in Bhutan. They highlight South Asian countries, where values were above 50% for men in the 1950s and 1960s. The death rate for children under 5 in India was higher for girls than for boys and has remained higher for girls in recent years.
What’s more, married men with a degree have an advantage over unmarried women educated only to the high school level. Couples influence each other’s health, and this is particularly true for men, who benefit more than women from being in a stable relationship, point out the researchers.
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