Rethinking mortality rates in men and women: do men age faster?

Abstract

Women on average live longer than men, which seems to suggest that women also age slower than men. However, the potential difference in pace of aging between sexes is a relatively controversial topic, and both positions \"women age slower\" and \"women and men age at the same pace\" have found some support. We thus employ mathematical methods previously established in model organisms to compare the pace of aging between the sexes using freely available mortality data from 13 countries. Our results support hypothesis that men age faster than women.