On average. But it wasn't that uncommon to have people reach 100 years of age even 500 years ago. The biggest impact on lifespans was hygiene not medicine (except for maybe anti-biotics).
On average. But it wasn't that uncommon to have people reach 100 years of age even 500 years ago. The biggest impact on lifespans was hygiene not medicine (except for maybe anti-biotics).
Vaccines dramatically reduce childhood mortality significantly skewing mortality figures.
For this reason, "life expectancy" doesn't tell you much. "Life expectancy at age 5" tells much, much more about how adults fare.