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People are "living longer" because child mortality has fallen dramatically.
by azemetre 9y ago
People are "living longer" because child mortality has fallen dramatically.
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- croon 9y agoIf in making those statistics one didn't account for that I'd be very disappointed, but it doesn't look like that's the case. [1][2] [1] http://life-span.healthgrove.com/l/51/50 http://life-span.healthgrove.com/l/51/50 [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK62587/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK62587/
- klmr 9y agoNot only. Life expectancy has increased in every age group percentile. But the effect is obviously not due to tea, coffee and turmeric. Rather, it’s due, mainly, to (a) better general nutrition, (b) better hygiene, and (c) modern medicine, especially antibiotics and vaccines.