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Mini: Life Expectancy

How we understand, talk about, and think about life expectancy is sometimes misunderstood by some flukes of math. Understanding how numbers work can illuminate a clearer picture of history and mortality. Long story short, (or short story shorter, this is a mini afterall), there have been old people who lived to be old (very old) for most or all of human history. Support us on Patreon! Links: https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/usa/united-states/life-expectancy#google_vignette https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4861644/ https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/articles/howhaslifeexpectancychangedovertime/2015-09-09 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-we-do-what-we-do--3419521/support. Support our podcast: www.patreon.com/wwdwwdpodcast

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How we understand, talk about, and think about life expectancy is sometimes misunderstood by some flukes of math. Understanding how numbers work can illuminate a clearer picture of history and mortality. Long story short, (or short story shorter, this is a mini afterall), there have been old people who lived to be old (very old) for most or all of human history. 

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  1. https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy
  2. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/usa/united-states/life-expectancy#google_vignette
  3. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4861644/
  4. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/articles/howhaslifeexpectancychangedovertime/2015-09-09 


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