fossilesqueM to Science MemesEnglish · 18 hours agoCauses of Death in London (1623)imagemessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down14
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minus-squarestate_electrician@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 hours agoSo many dead children. I count a full one third of all deaths being babies and toddlers.
minus-squareflamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 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.
minus-squareMarxMadness@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours ago If you survived childhood, and there wasn’t a plague around, or a war Lot of “ifs”
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.
Lot of “ifs”