Organic and regenerative agriculture are revitalizing rural Montana economies

Re:Organic and regenerative agriculture are revitalizing rur... by Scoundreller on Monday July 12, 2021 @12:27PM (#27811963)

While cancer is lower, their life expectancy is around the US average. US average lifespan isn’t something to write home about.

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Re:Organic and regenerative agriculture are revitalizing rur... by reedjosh on Monday July 12, 2021 @12:50PM (#27812275)

Does that account for infant mortality?

Life expectancy should really only be talked about in terms of expected lifespan of someone who's already made it to say 3 years old.

Otherwise, we get a very distorted view of modern medicine's ability to stave off death. Modern medicine has really done well at reducing infant mortality though.

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Re:Organic and regenerative agriculture are revitalizing rur... by lostlogin on Monday July 12, 2021 @02:54PM (#27813692)

I agree, but you also distort things by excluding infants, but if that group are included in a separate statistic it would seem ok.

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