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This journo tries to invent the narrative that is totally missing in the data. Smaller children mortality does not mean they will leave longer lives, nor they
by juskrey 10y ago
This journo tries to invent the narrative that is totally missing in the data.
Smaller children mortality does not mean they will leave longer lives, nor they are (or will be) healthier.
- dredmorbius 10y agoIt does mean improved life expectancy, measured at birth. It also probably means longer lives, as health in the first few years is predictive of this. Largely as indicated by discrepencies in mortality by wealth and race: http://www.childtrends.org/?indicators=life-expectancy http://www.childtrends.org/?indicators=life-expectancy
- juskrey 10y agoImproved life expectancy for the whole population, not for that children. If a child dies at 10 instead of 2, the population life expectancy at 0 will be greater, but from 10 - the same. Heck, even if dies at 80 instead of 2, this does not say anything about health, just the fact some dangerous early-life condition was addressed.