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To: HotHunt
People didn't live near as long back in the 1700s as they do today.

Putting childhood mortality into the average brings down the average considerably. If you made it to your teen years, you could expect a reasonably long natural life.

Thomas Paine lived to 72, Washington to 67, Ben Franklin 84, Jefferson 83, John Adams 90.

Human Lifespans Nearly Constant for 2,000 Years

151 posted on 11/23/2019 10:12:33 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: PapaBear3625

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, life expectancy for men in 1907 was 45.6 years; by 1957 it rose to 66.4; in 2007 it reached 75.5. Unlike the most recent increase in life expectancy (which was attributable largely to a decline in half of the leading causes of death including heart disease, homicide, and influenza), the increase in life expectancy between 1907 and 2007 was largely due to a decreasing infant mortality rate, which was 9.99 percent in 1907; 2.63 percent in 1957; and 0.68 percent in 2007.

I think heaven has many more people than most believe, even christians. For I believe that all who die before the age of consent go staight to the LORD.


227 posted on 11/23/2019 1:10:15 PM PST by MAAG (For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.)
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