Eli5: Why do women live longer than men on average, even among the older population like supercentenarians?
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There is no consensus or definitive answer to this biochemistry/genetic question…
Yet.
There are also some sociological factors involved in the statistics, for sure, but even when you negate sociological factors, biochemistry-wise, women still live longer, on average.
We don’t know why.
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