Women on average live longer than men, which seems to suggest that women also age slower than men. However, the potential difference in the pace of aging between the sexes is a relatively controversial topic, and both positions, i.e. "men age faster" and "men and women age at the same pace", have found some support. We therefore employ parametric models previously established in model organisms as well as two nonparametric approaches to compare the pace of aging between the sexes using freely available mortality data from 13 high-income countries. Our results support the hypothesis that men age faster than women while also suggesting that the difference is small and that from a practical standpoint male mortality rates behave similarly to the mortality rates of women approximately eight years their senior.

Centre for Global Health Research Usher Institute for Population Health Sciences and Informatics University of Edinburgh EH8 9AG Edinburgh UK

Department of Pathological Physiology Faculty of Medicine Masaryk University Kamenice 5 building A18 625 00 Brno Czech Republic

Department of Pathological Physiology Faculty of Medicine Masaryk University Kamenice 5 building A18 625 00 Brno Czech Republic Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment Faculty of Science Masaryk University Kamenice 5 building A29 625 00 Brno Czech Republic

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