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Originally Posted by Seaver
Just because the average expectancy was 25 does not mean the average adult lived to 25. The reality was most lived to their early 50s, a few died at 0-10yr old, and many fewer would die in battle at low 20s.
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Of course not. Life expectancy at birth is conceptually different than life expectancy at age X.
In ancient Rome, for example, life expectancy at birth was 25, meaning the average person died at 25, but life expectancy at 5 years old was 38, which means that the average person that reached 5 alive on average died at 43.
But up until the beginning of the 20th century,, life expectancy at even 60 was lower than life expectancy at birth in modern developed nations.
Meaning that even the healthiest people in ancient times are not as healthy as the average person in developed nations.