Since the turn of the twentieth century, women have lived longer than men, on average. But the gap has been narrowing since the eighties, when men’s life expectancy began increasing at a faster clip than women’s, largely thanks to a decline in deaths from cardiovascular disease. And the additional 4.8 years of life expectancy that women currently have do not come with better health. Women report poorer health, both physical and mental, and are hospitalized more than men throughout adulthood. In their later years of life too, women are worse off than men. When it comes to “active” life
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