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The average was skewed by child and women (during/after birth) mortality. In lecture [0] the professor mentions as an aside: > And what is interesting, if you
by nosianu 6y ago
The average was skewed by child and women (during/after birth) mortality.
In lecture [0] the professor mentions as an aside:
> And what is interesting, if you take out the childhood mortality, the Victorian person between 1850 and 1880 lived slightly longer, if he was a male, than you do today
That's well after the middle ages, but still also well before modern medicine and technology, such as good sanitation and water systems.
[0] https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/return-of-the-microbes-how-infections-are-once-more-taking-over https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/return-of-the-... (has the full text to search for the context of the quote)
- jacquesm 6y agoDental work is also a big driver in longevity, as is washing hands by doctors.
- bhickey 6y agoCan you expand on this? Were abscesses killing people or something else?
- jacquesm 6y agohttps://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/dental/art-20047475 https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in...
- emiliobumachar 6y agoYou know the very extreme of dental issues, nerve infections? Well, they're the very extreme because when it gets to the point of aching intensely all the time, anyone gets treated in a matter of days. If there's no treatment, it keeps moving in.
- Joker_vD 6y agoOne of the things that always puzzled me about human anatomy is why the heck are there nerves inside the teeth?
- nojs 6y agoThat’s an interesting claim. I guess it implies that although we’ve reduced childhood mortality, the people we’ve saved go on to live shorter than average lives?
- gowld 6y agoI find that suspect. 1 because I doubt statistics for the poor were as accurate, and 2 because people alive today aren't dead yet so we don't know their life expectancy, which has been steadily trending upward for a century even for middle aged people. https://www.infoplease.com/us/health-statistics/life-expectancy-age-1850-2011 https://www.infoplease.com/us/health-statistics/life-expecta...