FW: fourscore...

[Ed Keer]

I would think if it's the infant mortality rate that
brings down the average lifespan, then there would
probably need to be a fair number of people living
long lives just to keep the average up in the 30s or
40s. So, it shouldn't be that surprising.

Ed


--- James Smith <jsmithjamessmith at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> I recall being told that the average age at death
> for
> the men who signed the Declaration of Independence
> was
> over 80. I've never checked this out for myself, but
> it should be fairly easy to confirm or disprove.
>
> --- George Thompson <george.thompson at NYU.EDU> wrote:
> > Once upon a time I did a good deal of reading in
> > genealogies, with reference to my mother's family,
> > who were a bunch of old-time yankees.  I was
> struck
> > at how many of the people listed from the 17th &
> > 18th Cs lived to be 70, 80, or beyond, if they
> > didn't die in infancy or early adulthood.
>
> ....
>
> > GAT
> >
> > George A. Thompson
> > Author of A Documentary History of "The African
> > Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998.
>
>
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