Unmarried women living longer than men...

[LadyHenryofRawlinsonEnd]

But only by a year or two, apparently

So, ladies, I hope this may settle the hearts of those who never married, are getting divorced, or just generally wondering if it's worth it.

I've been with my DP for over 29 years so I'm as good as doomed, that lack of a piece of paper won't save me!

Depends upon how much you want that extra 1.5 yrs.

Science would disagree:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7452000/
And
www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20191010/marriage-tied-to-longer-life-span-new-data-shows

From the second article...
The new study reported that the death rate for never-marrieds declined only 2%, while that for divorced people hasn't changed at all.

Worst off were the widowed, for whom the death rate rose 6%. They have the highest death rate of all the categories, researchers say.

That's a US study referencing the fact married women are more likely to have health insurance moonbedazzled

I tried to quickly look up whether it holds true in countries with free at point of use healthcare and it does seem married people of both sexes have longer life expectancy - with the exception of women married to much older or much younger men - they have a statistically shorter life expectancy. Men married to younger women have a longer life expectancy (at the expense of her having a shorter one).

www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/press/marriage_and_life_expectancy_1813

Oh christ there's a 10 yr gap with dp and I

Off to get hitched!