While men account for the majority of COVID-19 cases in some countries but a minority of cases in others, they consistently make up the majority of deaths.
,” Dowd said. In general, women’s bodies kick out bacterial and viral invaders faster than men’s do, and vaccines work better for women than for men.
Sex chromosomes also play a role. The X chromosome, for example, has 60 genes associated with immune function. Most biological males are born with one X chromosome, but those immune-boosting genes tend to be expressed more frequently in women, who generally have two X chromosomes, Klein said. Then there’s the fact that the variations in how this virus affects people probably isn’t just about what’s in their chromosomes or hormones. It’s also about sociological gender — the attitudes, stereotypes and norms that shape the ways people behave and the choices they make.showed that women are about 50 percent more likely than men to start using non-pharmaceutical protective behaviors during a pandemic — things like wearing face masks or avoiding public transit.
Case in point: When data on sex disparities in COVID-19 deaths first began to come in from China, it wasn’t clear that the differences in death rates there would mean other counties were going to experience the same thing. That’s because China has particularly gendered smoking habits, Dowd told me. In a 2010 study,. In contrast, the same study found that less than 3 percent of Chinese women currently smoked.
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