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For an adult, life expectancy then was 55 or better! See, infant mortality was shit back then which accounted for a big bias in that lifetime '37'. If you surv
by JoeAltmaier 3y ago
For an adult, life expectancy then was 55 or better!
See, infant mortality was shit back then which accounted for a big bias in that lifetime '37'. If you survived childhood then you did pretty well.
https://ourworldindata.org/its-not-just-about-child-mortality-life-expectancy-improved-at-all-ages https://ourworldindata.org/its-not-just-about-child-mortalit...
- troupe 3y agoGood point.