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Yep, but life expectancy is not a very intuitive concept. When they read "life expectancy was 25 years", many people tend to think a 30 year old was some kind o
by sacado2 8y ago
Yep, but life expectancy is not a very intuitive concept. When they read "life expectancy was 25 years", many people tend to think a 30 year old was some kind of lucky but senile guy back then. Dying of old age was just not the norm.
- Brockenstein 8y agoDying of old age was a norm. There were plenty of old people way back when. It's just that lots of people dying young (well across all age groups) was the norm too.