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Gender Differences In Longevity

Gender Differences in Longevity is a demographic construct that quantifies the disparity in life expectancy between males and females within a population, distinguishing itself by specifically measuring how biological and social gender-related factors differentially influence mortality rates and survival outcomes across the lifespan.

647

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45.4K

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2.3K

Authors

967

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2017–2026

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Publications

647

Gender and Health: An Update on Hypotheses and Evidence

Lois M. Verbrugge · Journal of Health and Social Behavior · 1985 · 1.3K citations

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The sirtuin SIRT6 regulates lifespan in male mice

Yariv Kanfi, Shoshana Naiman, Gail Amir et al. · Nature · 2012 · 1.1K citations

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Differences In Life Expectancy Due To Race And Educational Differences Are Widening, And Many May Not Catch Up

S. Jay Olshansky, Toni C. Antonucci, Lisa Berkman et al. · Health Affairs · 2012 · 698 citations

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Patient–physician gender concordance and increased mortality among female heart attack patients

Brad N. Greenwood, Seth Carnahan, Laura Huang · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · 620 citations · Full text

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Trends in healthy life expectancy in the United States, 1970–1990: gender, racial, and educational differences

Eileen M. Crimmins, Yasuhiko Saito · Social Science & Medicine · 2001 · 537 citations

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Authors

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  1. JW
    James W. Vaupel

    Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany

    12 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. KC
    Kaare Christensen

    University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

    9 publications · 861 citations

    9

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  3. CJ
    Carol Jagger

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 448 citations

    8

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  4. PM
    Pekka Martikainen

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    7 publications · 607 citations

    7

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  5. JR
    Jean‐Marie Robine

    Inserm, France

    6 publications · 400 citations

    6

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Institutions

967

  1. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    17 h-index

    37 publications

    3.2K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    14 h-index

    21 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

    Rostock, Germany

    13 h-index

    28 publications

    2.9K citations

  4. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    13 h-index

    34 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. University of Southern Denmark

    Odense, Denmark

    13 h-index

    36 publications

    3.5K citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    11 h-index

    17 publications

    4.1K citations

  7. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    11 h-index

    29 publications

    3.1K citations

  8. Peking University

    Beijing, China

    10 h-index

    27 publications

    3.2K citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 31 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. The Journals of Gerontology Series A

    17 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. Social Science & Medicine

    16 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. American Journal of Public Health

    JPH · 12 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

    13 publications · 1K citations

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