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Along with that must come the auto-assumption that life-span is linked to medical care.



I believe the average life span at the turn of the 20th century was about 40+ years of age. Today it's somewhere around 75.

I don't have hard statistics, but a few things come to mind.

After pasteurization of milk, the infant death rate dropped dramatically.

Years ago, many more women died in child birth. I believe better medical care accounts for most of the drop.

In my father's family, 10 or 11 siblings didn't get past 18 years of age, due to malaria in N.E. Arkansas. We don't hear of malaria in this country anymore. How about Yellow fever?

How about immunization for measles, diphtheria, etc. Has that not had an effect?

Don S.

Last edited by Curmudgeon; 06/07/09 10:41 AM.
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