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minus-squareDenjin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 hours agoLife expectancy is largely a measure of infant and juvenile mortality. The founding fathers for example: John Adams - 90 Samuel Adams - 81 Ben Franklin - 84 Alexander Hamilton - 49 John Hancock - 56 Patrick Henry - 63 John Jay - 83 Thomas Jefferson - 83 Richard Henry Lee - 62 Robert Livingston - 66 James Madison - 85 George Mason - 66 Robert Morris - 72 Peyton Randolph - 54 Roger Sherman - 72 George Washington - 67 James Wilson - 55 If you picked a random group of well off Americans today I don’t think the ages when they died would look much dissimilar to this.
Life expectancy is largely a measure of infant and juvenile mortality.
The founding fathers for example:
John Adams - 90
Samuel Adams - 81
Ben Franklin - 84
Alexander Hamilton - 49
John Hancock - 56
Patrick Henry - 63
John Jay - 83
Thomas Jefferson - 83
Richard Henry Lee - 62
Robert Livingston - 66
James Madison - 85
George Mason - 66
Robert Morris - 72
Peyton Randolph - 54
Roger Sherman - 72
George Washington - 67
James Wilson - 55
If you picked a random group of well off Americans today I don’t think the ages when they died would look much dissimilar to this.