Originally Posted by
TransWorld
Another piece of history. In 1900, the average male in the US died at age 46. Feel free to look it up, if you do not believe me.
Life expectancy has gone up a whole lot.
Small point but those stats are skewed by infant mortality. If you made it to 6 you probably would make it to 70. 16% of infants died in those days before vaccines and other improved medical care became available.