Researchers investigated whether men or women have fewer children. Using international datasets, they demonstrate that imbalances in population structure, particularly an increasing proportion of men, affect male fertility. While men used to have higher fertility than women globally, this has reversed, and women have and will have a higher fertility rate than men. The scientists offer recommendations to counteract the social implications of this trend.
Okay, so actually it turns out that there are more adult men in the world than adult women, at least of parenting age. So, since there are still globally about 2% more women than men, that must mean that the gender disparity in life expectancy is more dramatic than I thought.
It’s fairly dramatic.
More men are born (but only a few percent) and we die earlier, probably because testosterone is a helluva drug. Also wars I guess.
Difference in life expectancy is usually 5-7 years in most countries.