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Could it not be that the lifespan is just significantly longer than the observation period? If we looked at human mortality in a sample of a few thousand indivi
by sungam 8y ago
Could it not be that the lifespan is just significantly longer than the observation period? If we looked at human mortality in a sample of a few thousand individuals over the first 30 years of life it would also appear rather flat.
- lawlessone 8y ago>If we looked at human mortality in a sample of a few thousand individuals over the first 30 years of life it would also appear rather flat. it's not https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gompertz%E2%80%93Makeham_law_of_mortality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gompertz%E2%80%93Makeham_law_o...
- Retric 8y agoHe is actually mentioning a real effect. Note the flat part around 20-30 years old: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gompertz%E2%80%93Makeham_law_of_mortality#/media/File:USGompertzCurve.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gompertz%E2%80%93Makeham_law_o... If that's all the data you had it would look like an S curve with an odd starting anomaly at <1 year old.