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Improved medicine would probably be why. My grandfather lived for another 5 years than he probably would've without modern medicine. I don't know if they would
by toomanybeersies 8y ago
Improved medicine would probably be why.
My grandfather lived for another 5 years than he probably would've without modern medicine. I don't know if they would've been able to operate on him in the 60's like they can in modern times.
- kakwa_ 8y agoMedicine, not that much actually, I think most of the progress we have seen comes from food security and the sanitary movement. With those 2 items, you can basically get to a life expectancy of 70 years in most places, then you add modern medicine, and you go up another 10 years or so.