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Re:I'm 20, brilliant and totally lost by nostrademons on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @02:43PM (#906064)
You don't have to guess if you're willing to move a little forward in time:

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005140.html

So the average 20 year old in 1850 could expect to live an additional 40 years, to roughly age 60. The curve started flattening after WW1 and continued doing so until around the 70s and 80s.

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Re:I'm 20, brilliant and totally lost by req2 on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @03:15PM (#906135)
Rome wasn't much worse off- a 20 year old would expect to hit 54.

Here's hoping for the hockey stick.

http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/documents/Life.html

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Re:I'm 20, brilliant and totally lost by ido on Thursday October 29, 2009 @05:49AM (#909755)
England in 1850 was already industrialized.

I suspect there were significant differences in life expectancy between the 17th century and 1850.

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