Posted on 08/31/2019 2:58:29 PM PDT by PROCON
movie logan’s run
Oh I see. Thanks for clarifying.
Most of the increase in “average life expectancy” over the last 200 years or so results from the reduction in infant and young child mortality.
It wasn’t so rare to see an 80 year old person 250 years ago, but he probably had a few siblings who died very young.
I think “life expectancy” figures today should factor in those who could have survived gestation but were murdered before birth.
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