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by Coxa 2391 days ago
Do you have a citation for the formerly same life expectancy in men and women. I cannot find any.
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leereeves 2391 days ago
According to the UK government [1] there's been a gap back to at least the 1850s, which was growing worse until 1970, and has since been getting better, but remains considerably higher than in 1850.

1: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsde...

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ALittleLight 2391 days ago
Historically women likely had to deal with high death in child birth rates.
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