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Reasons why life expectancy is different for men and women?

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The gap in life expectancy between women and men is narrowing to some extent in some developed countries. This may be due to increased smoking among women and falling rates of cardiovascular disease among men. It is also important to note that the extra years of life for women are not always lived in good health.

It also depends wher you live and your jobs

The man might stay at home and be a housband but the women might work underground in a coal factory or vice versa .In this scenario the houseband will last longer but if it was the other way round the women would live longer because she is at home not breathing bad things in be

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