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		ekianjo on July 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Modern city dwellers have lost about half their gu... > The work got safer and injuries happen significantly less often. For this kind of statement about lifespan i assume that we remove all accidental deaths since they are just causing noise versus the actual lifespan

watwut on July 2, 2022 [–]

Neither accidents nor sicknesss are noise. Both are and especially were fairly frequent reason of death. And whether you survive them has a lot to do with both medical and social improvements.

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