Comment Comment by pandapower2 That's not really true. Once you exclude people who died in childhood the average life expectancy shoots up.https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2013/05/Life-expectancy-b...In England and Wales around 1850 the life expectancy overall was around 40 because a lot of people died as children and dragged down the average.For someone that made it to 5 years old their life expectancy goes us 15 years to 55.People now definitely have a higher life expectancy but the difference isn't as vast as some might assume. parent pandapower2 7 years ago
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In England and Wales around 1850 the life expectancy overall was around 40 because a lot of people died as children and dragged down the average.
For someone that made it to 5 years old their life expectancy goes us 15 years to 55.
People now definitely have a higher life expectancy but the difference isn't as vast as some might assume.