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From the article, the number of children hasn't increased. The decrease in births per women cancels out the increase in women of reproductive age, resulting in
by delecti 7y ago
From the article, the number of children hasn't increased. The decrease in births per women cancels out the increase in women of reproductive age, resulting in the same rough number of births per year.
It really comes down to this:
> But it of course also matters that all of us today live much longer than our ancestors just a few generations ago. Life expectancy is now twice as long in all world regions.
- cblades 7y agotwice as long?! That is nuts, what's the math on that. Am I wrong in understanding that to mean, e.g., in lots of places the life expectancy was 40 and now it's 80?
- cadlin 7y agoLife expectancy is largely driven by infant mortality. Each marginal child that lives to 60 is equal to 12 adults living 5 years longer.