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Ladies Home Journal (1900) Predictions for 2000
#2 ... He will live fifty years instead of thirty-five as at present
I didn't like mortality rates were that bad in 1900 USA.
brianm
on Jan 2, 2010
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Horrible chart junk, but credible domain (
http://www.nsf.gov/news/speeches/colwell/rc02_asm_keynote/sl...
) puts life expectancy in 1900 around 45 years.
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I didn't like mortality rates were that bad in 1900 USA.