• parascent@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      49
      ·
      1 year ago

      The babies died making average age less. Doesn’t mean those who got to adulthood lived to that age only.

      • KredeSeraf@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        30
        ·
        1 year ago

        Yeah. If you made it past 10 or so you’d probably live to at least 50, with 60-70 not being common but also far from rare. All those dying kids and babies really bring down the average.

        • Torvum@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          Family having like 13 kids, only 5 maybe making it to teen age, daughter dies in childbirth, 4 kids to 50 type beat.

          Population graph after penicillin is very telling