Your healthcare provider diagnoses coronary artery disease (atherosclerosis) based on your medical and family histories, a physical exam, and results from tests. If you have coronary artery disease, your healthcare provider may recommend other healthcare specialists.
The news is a little better for women, a little worse for men. Life expectancy for females is 81.2 years; for males, it's 76.4 years. That difference of 4.8 years is the same as in 2011.
You are here. Why Life Expectancy Is Longer for Women Worldwide. Today, women are outliving men in every country in the world. That's right: According to the latest U.S. report, life expectancy for the ladies is 81.2 years compared to 76.4 years for males (sorry, guys!).