Difference between revisions of "Life Expectancy"
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| − | At present women live, on average, longer than men. The gap is closing however<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2474859/Life-expectancy-gap-men-women-narrows-years.html</ref>. Men have in fact been catching up to women for decades. The reasons for this, like the difference in life |
+ | At present women live, on average, longer than men. The gap is closing however<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2474859/Life-expectancy-gap-men-women-narrows-years.html</ref>. Men have in fact been catching up to women for decades. The reasons for this, like the difference in life expectancy itself, is complex but at least part of the reason seems to be that women are increasingly adopting activities, such as smoking and excessive drinking, that have been the domain of men for a very long tine. |
Revision as of 12:40, 7 January 2014
At present women live, on average, longer than men. The gap is closing however[1]. Men have in fact been catching up to women for decades. The reasons for this, like the difference in life expectancy itself, is complex but at least part of the reason seems to be that women are increasingly adopting activities, such as smoking and excessive drinking, that have been the domain of men for a very long tine.
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