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NW Washington | Most folks did not live into their 80s and 90s in the past.
Here are some numbers from the web on life expectancy in the 1940's.
In the 1940s, the average life expectancy at birth in the United States rose from about 62.9 years in 1940 to roughly 68 years by the end of the decade. Yearly Breakdown (At Birth)According to data from the Social Security Administration, average life expectancy at birth split by sex tracked as follows:1940: Males ~61.4 years | Females ~65.7 years1942: Males ~62.6 years |
Females ~67.4 years1945: Males ~62.9 years | Females ~68.4 years1947: Males ~64.6 years | Females ~69.7 years1949: Males ~65.3 years | Females ~70.7 years.
Key Trends: Gender Gap: Women lived longer than men, with a gap of roughly 4 to 5.5 years.
Child Mortality Impact: Lower overall averages compared to modern times stem largely from higher rates of infant and childhood mortality during this | |
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Wonder how they survived
