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minus-squarestate_electricianlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 hours agoSo many dead children. I count a full one third of all deaths being babies and toddlers.
minus-squareflamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 hours agoIt’s the reason why so many misleading statistics claim a much shorter lifespan in the past. If you survived childhood, and there wasn’t a plague around, or a war, you had good chances of reaching 60.
So many dead children. I count a full one third of all deaths being babies and toddlers.
It’s the reason why so many misleading statistics claim a much shorter lifespan in the past. If you survived childhood, and there wasn’t a plague around, or a war, you had good chances of reaching 60.