Schlegel Farms, Hagerstown Indiana | DougK - 10/20/2022 16:12
People are living longer, so more chance of osteoporosis to happen.
Life expectancy in the USA, 1900-1970 (by decade)
Year Male Female
1900 46.3 48.3
1910 48.4 51.8
1920 53.6 54.6
1930 58.1 61.6
1940 60.8 65.2
1950 65.6 71.1
1960 66.6 73.1
1970 67.1 74.7
I've seen many charts like that showing how much longer folks live today than in the past, but I wonder if it might not be a little deceiving.
I've noticed when walking through older cemeteries that many folks lived well into their 80s......... but there were a lot more infant deaths.
If the ages are average ages, then it might be deceiving.
To the original post ................. maybe my parent's friends were just clumsy, but I remember a lot of falls and broken hips. |
Hip ???
