Tuberculosis mortality and the male survival deficit in rural South Africa: An observational community cohort study
Georges Reniers, Sylvia Blom, Judith Lieber, Abraham J. Herbst, Clara Calvert, Jacob Bor, Till Barnighausen, Basia Zaba, Zehang Richard Li, Samuel J. Clark, Alison D. Grant, Richard Lessells, Jeffrey W. Eaton, Victoria Hosegood
Women live on average five years longer than men, and the sex difference in longevity is typically lower in populations with high mortality. South Africa—a high mortality population with a large sex disparity—is an exception, but the causes of death that contribute to this difference are not well understood.