Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
Department of General Education, Eastern University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Int Health. 2021 Sep 3;13(5):482-484. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihaa106.
Men are usually considered to be the stronger sex. However, when it comes to health, they are evidently weaker than their female counterparts. In almost all countries around the world, men consistently live shorter lives than women. The gender gap in longevity has once again been evident during the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which kills men disproportionately. Drawing on the relevant scientific literature and updated information, this article aimed to provide useful insights into the biological and social mechanisms that potentially underlie the gender gap in life expectancy.
男性通常被认为是更强壮的性别。然而,在健康方面,他们显然比女性更脆弱。在世界上几乎所有国家,男性的寿命都比女性短。在当前的 2019 冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行期间,这种长寿方面的性别差距再次明显,男性的死亡率不成比例地更高。本文参考了相关的科学文献和最新信息,旨在提供对潜在导致预期寿命性别差距的生物学和社会机制的有用见解。