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Death rates at specific life stages mold the sex gap in life expectancy
Why do women live longer than men? Here, we mine rich lodes of demographic data to reveal that lower female mortality at particular ages is decisive—and that the important ages changed around 1950. Earlier, excess mortality among baby boys was crucial; afterward, the gap largely resulted from elevat...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8157960/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33972417 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2010588118 |