Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?


Last reviewed on: 20th November, 2020

Various researches reveal that women live longer than men. Some might think lifestyle might be the main reason, including jobs, risks, and so on. However the answer is less complex than you might think. In reality, there are number of causes for which women live longer than men. Some have considered that this was due to the tension left on men, who have customarily been considered bread winners by the Western world, but the variance still stands in modern societies where women work just as far as men. The following are few reasons about this matter;

First reason scientists propose is that common heart diseases arise earlier in men as compared to women. The fluctuating degrees of iron insufficiency that menstruation can cause in women also modify the way their cardiovascular cells respond to heart disease.

Second reason (theory) is that women has double X chromosomes as compared to men with single X chromosome (XY), this phenomenon might also confer particular benefits. Also for men there is “testosterone storm” that upsets men in their 20s, through which they have a tendency to involve in risky or self-destructive activities.




Third reason is that men may be more susceptible to cardiovascular disease, but this vulnerability was seen only after deaths from other causes, such as infections, started to drop, the researchers stated. 

Fourth reason revealed that body fat (adiposity) have a tendency to be distributed contrarily over men’s bodies related to women. Also their different arrangements of adiposity could cause men more susceptible to rising weight that brought from changes in diet and activity. 

Fifth reason is the ‘jogging female heart hypothesis’ the idea that a woman’s heart rate rises during the second half of the menstrual cycle, which contribute the same advantages as moderate exercise. The outcome is delayed risk of cardiovascular disease later in life, or it might also be a simple matter of magnitude, taller people have more cells in their bodies, implying that they are more probable to develop harmful mutations. Larger bodies also burn more energy, which could add to wear and tear among the tissues themselves. Since men are normally taller than women, they ought to face more lasting damage. 

Sixth and lastly reason is that testosterone might brand our bodies stronger in the short-range, but the same alterations also leave us exposed to heart disease, infections, and cancer in future. For instance, testosterone might rise seminal fluid production but encourage prostate cancer; or it might adjust cardiovascular function in a way that advances performance early in life but leads to hypertension and atherosclerosis in future. This also tend to make women live longer than men.

The above explanations are few reasons about this matter, if you’ve any opinion about this article, please share with us in the comment section below!. You are welcome!.

Posted by: Lusubilo A. Mwaijengo

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