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minus-square@Kecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish11•7 months ago“grandparents” Life expectancy in 18th century France was in the 20s, grandparents are optional
minus-square@PoopingCough@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish65•7 months agoI don’t disagree with your overall point, but statistics like that are almost always heavily skewed because of high infant mortality rates
minus-squaresnooggumslinkfedilinkEnglish25•7 months agoThe mortality rate during childbirth was pretty high for women on top of the infant rate. Childbirth as a whole dragged the numbers down.
minus-square@psud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months agoThe mortality of mothers only became a big issue between doctors being in charge of birth and hand washing becoming a rule
minus-square@tetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoThe domestication of storks has also led to fewer deaths upon delivery. I wish to also add something to this thread of reddit factoids.
minus-square@Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months ago18th century france is also quite possibly the single worst place and point in time to use as a comparison, there’s a reason people beheaded monarchs.
minus-square@alcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish14•7 months agoIf you make past childhood for most of history outside of places experiencing plagues, major famines, or wars, you had a good shot of making it to your 70s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#Life_expectancy_vs._other_measures_of_longevity
minus-square@explodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish12•7 months agoThat was an evolutionarily insignificant time period.
“grandparents”
Life expectancy in 18th century France was in the 20s, grandparents are optional
I don’t disagree with your overall point, but statistics like that are almost always heavily skewed because of high infant mortality rates
The mortality rate during childbirth was pretty high for women on top of the infant rate. Childbirth as a whole dragged the numbers down.
The mortality of mothers only became a big issue between doctors being in charge of birth and hand washing becoming a rule
The domestication of storks has also led to fewer deaths upon delivery. I wish to also add something to this thread of reddit factoids.
18th century france is also quite possibly the single worst place and point in time to use as a comparison, there’s a reason people beheaded monarchs.
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If you make past childhood for most of history outside of places experiencing plagues, major famines, or wars, you had a good shot of making it to your 70s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#Life_expectancy_vs._other_measures_of_longevity
That was an evolutionarily insignificant time period.