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To: ReignOfError

Very good... but you are comparing apples to oranges here. Medical care was non-existent... a broken arm was a death sentence... harsh living conditions. Those factors probably had a MUCH greater impact on life expectancy rather than cholesterol...


28 posted on 08/03/2008 9:36:16 AM PDT by John123 (Obambi said that he has been in 57 states. I will now light myself on fire...)
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To: John123; ReignOfError

A large part of the life expectancy calculation was death due to childhood infectious diseases. Antibiotics really made a difference in survival rates. Lots of children didn’t make it past the age of 5. That’ll drag down the life expectancy averages.


31 posted on 08/03/2008 9:39:28 AM PDT by FixedandDilated
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