Episode 100: The Good Old Days Weren’t All That Good
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The Importance of Life Expectancy Data
Life expectancy data is sensitive to the infant mortality rate. The average woman a hundred years ago had 3.5 children versus less than two today. If you could survive your first 14 years of life You are likely to live almost as long not as long but almost as long as a person today.
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