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欧洲男性平均寿命比女性低7.5年 European men are lagging behind women in terms of life expectancy, a major new report reveals. ‎ 一项新报告显示，欧洲男性的平均寿命低于女性。‎ Although people are living longer than ever before, men have seen less improvement and are "a generation behind" women, say the authors.‎ The World Health Organization team who looked at data for nearly nine million people in 53 countries.‎ It says men have not yet reached the average rise in years of life that women enjoyed back in 1980.‎ The gap between the sexes is 7.5 years.‎ As of 2019, women in Europe can expect to live for an average of 80 years, while men reach an average of 72.5 years.‎ The researchers say that lifestyle and occupational differences "largely explain this gap".‎ The European Health Report also reveals big inequalities in average life expectancy between different countries. And these differences are greatest in men.‎ The gap between the best and worst countries for male life expectancy is 17 years. For women it is 12.‎ Countries with the widest male-female difference in survival included Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Montenegro, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. ‎ Those with the smallest were Iceland, Israel, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK.‎ In the UK, the average life expectancy in 2019 was 80 years - 82.5 years for females and 78.5 for males.‎ The leading health risk factors for Europeans today include tobacco and harmful alcohol use. Cardiovascular disease remains the biggest killer, followed by cancer.‎ Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO's regional director for Europe, said: "There are persistent and widespread inequities in health across the region, which in some cases are worsening.‎ ‎"These are unnecessary and unjust and must be a priority for us to address collectively."‎ Prof Alan White, chairman of the Men's Health Forum and professor of men's health at Leeds Metropolitan University, said: "Men are not programmed to die young. ‎ ‎"Although the survival gap between men and women has always been present it does not have to be so wide."‎