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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because people died in their 40s. Short life expectancies. They didn't just look old, they were considered old and knocking on death's door in their mid 30s.[/quote]

This has been debunked. The life expectancy overall was so short because of the high infant mortality rate. If a person survived childhood, they had a good chance of living into their 60's. Though women, of course, had to contend with pregnancy as well. [/quote]

No, you're wrong.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/mortalityinenglandandwales/2012-12-17#:~:text=In%201841%20life%20expectancy%20at,males%20and%2048%20for%20females.

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You need to read -

"During the 19th century, life expectancy at birth and median age at death were much lower than modal age at death for two reasons. Firstly life expectancy and the median age at death are highly sensitive to changes in mortality among infants and children1 and during this period deaths at these ages were common. Secondly, deaths to babies and children aged under 10 have been excluded in the calculation of modal age at death. Starting at age 10 avoids the selection of a very young age as the mode2, for example in some years during the period 1841 to the early 20th century when infant mortality was very high, it is possible that age 0 would have been selected. Therefore, between 1841 and 1900 the modal age at death was much higher than the other two averages; modal age at death in 1841 was 71 for males and 77 for females and in 1900 it was 68 years and 73 years respectively. Although modal age at death was younger in 1900 than in 1841 this does not indicate a downward trend as the modal age at death was relatively constant during this time and varied year on year between ages 68 to 75 for males and ages 69 to 77 for females. It is likely that the up and down pattern of modal age during this time was mostly because of the relatively low numbers reaching older ages."[/quote]

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