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Re:Abandoned South Dakota Town on Sale for $250k by dionidium on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @11:31AM (#10663896)
The one stat I can remember from a volunteer trip several years ago was that an 18 yr old boy had a <50% chance of living to 25.

This doesn't pass any sniff test I can think of.

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Re:Abandoned South Dakota Town on Sale for $250k by jws on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @11:37AM (#10663942)
I could believe "still living there when he was 25". Might be a corrupted context statistic.

The life expectancy for males in the county (whole reservation) is 71-72 years. If 50% are dying in their "stupid nearly adult years" they are going to have to have bunch living past 100 to bring the average up.

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Re:Abandoned South Dakota Town on Sale for $250k by dionidium on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @11:43AM (#10663986)
It is interesting how these sorts of things travel. When I talk to people about North St. Louis I get the impression that they think 1 out of every 2 people who live there are killed in a drive-by shooting, so I understand why someone would believe that half of all men on a reservation die before they're 25. It can't possibly be true, though.
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