It was actually worse than that. Many places didn't bother recording
live births until the child had survived infancy.
William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "P. J. Alling"
Subject: Re: OT -- Hiroshima
In the dark ages the average male lifespan was 30 years. Yet, a
blacksmith would live on average to be 75. Why?
If he lived to become a blacksmith, he'd survived childhood.
That's pretty much it, and it fits in with a discussion a short while
back about how statisitcs aren't necessarily to be believed.
What has happened over the past century or so is that childhood
mortality rates have fallen tremendously (thank modern medicine for
that), not that our lifespan has increased significantly.
William Robb
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