• ElmarsonTheThird@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      Common missconception: people didn’t just die in their thirties, the average is brought down somewhat hard by lots of infant death, childbirth complications and the like.

      @Prunebutt says it right, it’s the advancements in medicine, but thats more reactively treating diseases than proactively lengthening the lifespan.

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        1 year ago

        I hate those type of stats that sound good but don’t actually express what they seem to express.

        Instead of looking at the average age at death, I’d be much more interested in the average age if the population alive at a give point in time.