She must be in the Guiness book of world records then as being one of the
unusual old people for her time.
The average age expectancy has risen considerably.
"Robert Ruddy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 17:10:35 GMT, Marcio Watanabe <[email hidden]>
Quoted message said:john said:Wasn't the average mortality rate skewed because it factored in a very
high infant mortality? {To use a very simplified example, if an
infant dies at 1 year and an adult dies at 75 years, the the average
mortality rate is 38. My great-grandmother had 18 children; 6 died in
childbirth or under the age of one year, but my great grandparents
lived to their late 80s.}It never ceases to amaze me that in a sci newsgroup, at all places,
there are so many people who think that just because life expectancy,
for instance, in 1900 was 47 years, people just didn't live till their
70s and 80s.Agreed.
My great grandmother, who grew up in the 1800's, lived to a ripe old
age of 93. She cooked with lard, ate eggs every day and used cream,
not milk. Her favorite treat was ice cream. Full fat of course. How
did she die? She died peacefully in her sleep. Isn't it odd that those
same foods suddenly became unhealthy in the next century?Regards.
Rob