• markko
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    8 months ago

    Of course, but your chances overall are better today regardless of class/status etc.

    Even being the child of royalty had no guarantees. For example Henry VIII had 13 legitimate children. Only 3 lived past infancy, and 1 of those died age 15.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Henry_VIII

    In 1900, the average life expectancy of a newborn was 32 years. By 2021 this had more than doubled to 71 years.

    in 1800, no region had a life expectancy higher than 40 years.

    https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy