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Lifestyle
Ella Pickover & Sophie Law

Women may not live longer than men as new study questions long-held belief

A new study has called into question the long-held belief that women outlive men.

Although men have a lower life expectancy than women, men have a “substantial chance of outliving females”, according to academics from Denmark.

Life expectancies – which summarise the average length of life – are a “simplistic measure” which are often interpreted as meaning that “men do not live as long as women”, researchers said.

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