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Isn't that average lifespan? There was a lot of death either in childbirth or during early childhood years. If you filter that data out a bit, adults lived a mo
by Night_Thastus 3y ago
Isn't that average lifespan? There was a lot of death either in childbirth or during early childhood years. If you filter that data out a bit, adults lived a more comparable age. Still not as good as today, but not 31.
- Tenoke 3y ago>Excluding child mortality, the average life expectancy during the 12th–19th centuries was approximately 55 years So still worse by whole decades than now. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#:~:text=Excluding%20child%20mortality%2C%20the%20average,of%20only%2025%E2%80%9340%20years https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#:~:text=Excl....
- lostlogin 3y agoYes, although lots of places (mainly in Africa) have average life spans in the 50s. https://www.worlddata.info/life-expectancy.php#by-population https://www.worlddata.info/life-expectancy.php#by-population
- tomgp 3y agoTBH I'm not sure the argument that only women and those under 5 were dying young in large numbers is a great rebuttal to the idea that we were better off in 1023.
- Night_Thastus 3y agoI wasn't arguing that. Of course medical tech is better now. I was saying 31 is just not a good number to claim for that time period.
- jazzabeanie 3y agoLifespans got worse before they got better. Better to reference 10,000BC than 1023AD, and that’s not so clear.