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Re:Life Expectancy Among European Scholars from the 16th to ... by kdtop3 on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @07:30AM (#26645896)
A big part of life expectancy statistics includes infant mortality. If all adults live to age 100 yrs, but half of all babies born die, then the average life expectancy would be age 50 yrs. So sometimes it can be confusing to understand what is being said.
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Re:Life Expectancy Among European Scholars from the 16th to ... by estaseuropano on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @07:43AM (#26645995)
Correct. But infants are usually not scholars so irrelevant to this analysis.
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Re:Life Expectancy Among European Scholars from the 16th to ... by Chris2048 on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @12:07PM (#26648996)
Which uncommon infants are scholars?
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