Dr. Vijay Guleria, BPT MPT(Ortho) MSW. Physiotherapy advocate

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Who live longer men or women?

Who live longer men or women?


 Hi Friends!

Hope you are enjoying your time with your loving ones !

This question arises in everyone's mind that who live longer male or female?

Some countries have marriage rule/ rituals also that in a marriage male should be older to female or vise versa.

Male and female are both homosapiens sapiens species. There is a view that both have same life span but data never lies.

Old age couple


On research it was observed that female live longer than men.

Now if we try to find out the causes of this fact there are many.

Studies told that on average  men  live 76 years and till the age of 72 they tend to live healthy, one other side female on average live 81 years till 76 they tend to live healthy.

There are many reasons for this I tried to list a few important ones.

Smoking and drinking and over weight

 It is well known that men are more likely to smoke, drink excessively and be overweight in comparison to female.


Non compliant with diagnosis and treatment

Men are also less likely to seek medical help and early intervention, secondly if diagnosed with a disease, they are more likely to be non-adherent to treatment.



Risk taking behaviour

On top of all that, men are more likely to take life-threatening risks and to die in road accidents, battle, brawls or gun fights also.

Men also keep them indulge risky sports and activities.


Harmonal difference

Men produce testosterone  which is not good for immunity it reduces immunity on the contrary estrogen is produced by female which increases immunity related protection.

Researches are still going on this matter not clinically proven, few comparisons of castrated male to normal male have given the evidence data for Thai fact in past.

What is in the age it is just a number