tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post2452512729880850543..comments2024-03-19T09:02:35.742-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: Stayin' AliveCervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-34837241316770413972012-04-29T11:28:14.258-04:002012-04-29T11:28:14.258-04:00This death pattern has been common for centuries. ...This death pattern has been common for centuries. In Sweden, where births and deaths have been recorded universally since the early 1700s, the Age Dependent Death Rate has been a J shaped curve. The infant (1 y.o.) mortality rate was as high as 30%, mortality for both sexes reached a minimum near age 13, and lifetimes for some exceeded 80 years. There is an interesting bump in male death rate for 20 y.o. This pattern is also applicable way back into the "Iron Age" as determined by "ageing" skeletons from prehistoric European burial sites.Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572912333878924015noreply@blogger.com