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From: "Roger Lovegrove" <>
Subject: Re: Ave. age at death
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 18:12:29 +0100
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Charlie gave some very useful ways to think about ages of death. One
of the things he said was

> the GREAT difference between 1800s and today is that the death rate
of infants
> and young children has dropped. For average lifespan statistics, the
infant
> mortality rate has been a controlling factor

Some time ago, I had a look at the ages of death for England/Wales
LOVEGROVE death registrations. For anyone who's interested in having a
quick peek, diagrams can be found on my website via

http://tinyurl.com/7au7z

Personally, I think they are quite illuminating (but, then, I'm
biased!), and certainly support what Charlie was saying.

Regards
Roger Lovegrove

Researching LOVEGROVEs in all places and at all times.
Please do visit the LOVEGROVE Information Centre on
http://www.lovegrove.f9.co.uk/ons/index.html

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