Editing Woman (section)

=== Life expectancy ===
{{Main|Life expectancy#Sex differences}}
[[File:LifeExpectancyBetweenFemaleAndMales.jpg|thumb|Pink: Countries where female life expectancy at birth is higher than males. Blue: A few countries in southern Africa where females have shorter lives due to [[AIDS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smart-unit-converter.com/life-expectancy.php|title=How long will I live? Estimate remaining life expectancy for all countries in the world|first=Laurent|last=PELE}}</ref>]]
The [[life expectancy]] for women is generally longer than men's.  This advantage begins from birth, with newborn girls more likely to survive the first year than boys.  Worldwide, women live six to eight years longer than men.<ref name="WHO2019">{{cite web |title=Female Life Expectancy |url=https://www.who.int/gho/women_and_health/mortality/situation_trends_life_expectancy/en/ |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725170324/https://www.who.int/gho/women_and_health/mortality/situation_trends_life_expectancy/en/ |archive-date=25 July 2019 |access-date=August 24, 2019 |website=[[World Health Organization]]}}</ref> However, this varies by place and situation.  For example, [[discrimination against women]] has lowered female life expectancy in some parts of Asia so that men there live longer than women.<ref name="WHO2019" />

The difference in life expectancy are believed to be partly due to biological advantages and partly due to gendered behavioral differences between men and women.<ref name="WHO2019" /><ref name="SciAm-2004">{{cite magazine |date=30 August 2004 |title=Why is life expectancy longer for women than it is for men? |url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-is-life-expectancy-lo |url-status=live |magazine=[[Scientific American]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415161346/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-is-life-expectancy-lo/ |archive-date=15 April 2021 |access-date=17 October 2009}}</ref> For example, women are less likely to engage in unhealthy behaviors like [[smoking]] and [[reckless driving]], and consequently have fewer [[Preventable causes of death|preventable premature deaths]] from such causes.<ref name="WHO2019" />

In some developed countries, the life expectancy is evening out.  This is believed to caused both by worse health behaviors among women, especially an increased rate of [[Women and smoking|smoking tobacco by women]], and improved health among men, such as less [[cardiovascular disease]].<ref name="WHO2019" /> The [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) writes that it is "important to note that the extra years of life for women are not always lived in good health."<ref name="WHO2019" />