Probability of males to outlive females: an international comparison from 1751 to 2020.
Marie-Pier Bergeron-BoucherJesús-Adrián AlvarezIlya KashnitskyVirginia ZarulliPublished in: BMJ open (2022)
Although male life expectancy is generally lower than female life expectancy, and male death rates are usually higher at all ages, males have a substantial chance of outliving females. These findings challenge the general impression that 'men do not live as long as women' and reveal a more nuanced inequality in lifespans between females and males.