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Socially heart diseases is considered a man's disease, so it is often misdiagnosed with women. Women also are told that they are healthier than men so they probably have their guards down and don't take cholesterol medicine like men do.

Another interesting fact is that females of all species live longer than males, so its not just our beer guzzling, chicken wing eating, cigar smoking lifestyles at play here. A male's genetic fitness is not affected as much by his health than a female's so females who reproduce tend to be healthier than those who do not, in aggregate. Natural selection has bread females that are genetically healthier so as to propagate the species.

Gerontologist Dr. Thomas Kirkwood​ is director of the Institute for Aging and Health at Newcastle University in England and also author of the book, Time of Our Lives: The Science of Human Aging. His theory to explain women’s longevity: in humans, as in most animal species, the state of the female body is very important for the success of reproduction. The females of most species live longer than the males. This phenomenon, he claims, suggests that the explanation for the difference within humans might lie deep in our biology.

“The fetus needs to grow inside the mother’s womb, and the infant needs to suckle at her breast. So if the female animal’s body is too weak, there is a real threat to her chances of making healthy offspring.

“But the man’s reproductive role, on the other hand, is less directly dependent on his continued good health. “