It’s a fact that women live longer than men. However, that longevity gap in the United States has become wider, according to a study published in the January 2024 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine . The difference in life expectancy between men and women increased to 5.8 years in 2021 (the latest year for which data is available), the largest gap since 1996. Today, the average woman lives to approximately age 81, and the average man to approximately age 76, according to recent figures from the