15 Unbelievable Facts About Women That You Didn't Know About
Women outlive menAccording to Steven Austad, chair of the biology department at the University of Alabama and an international expert on aging: ‘Pretty much at every age, women seem to survive better than men.’ Austad describes women as being more ‘robust.’ Scientists have yet to determine why, but they do know that this isn’t something that occurs with age. A male and female newborn who are given the same level of care don’t have the same survival rate – males are at a 10% greater risk of death.
