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Life expectancy is a tricky number to compare across long spans of time because it's heavily influenced by people dying young which was much more common in the
by rtkwe 5y ago
Life expectancy is a tricky number to compare across long spans of time because it's heavily influenced by people dying young which was much more common in the past than it is now, people did die earlier but it's not as bad as a say 40 year life expectancy would make it seem because that number is dragged down by lots of early childhood deaths.
- ineedasername 5y agoYes, in 1800, even in more developed countries at the time, about 30% of kids died by age 5. And being pregnant was frequently fatal as well, with nearly 1 in 10 pregnancies killing the mom.