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人生において40歳前後は一般的に健康な時期である。それは今も昔も変わっていない。それにもかかわらず、かつて平均寿命が約40歳だった時代がある。その理由は乳幼児の死亡率がきわめて高かったためである。
Translation / English
- Posted at 22 Aug 2011 at 02:20
Around 40 years old is generally healthy time in our life .
From old days to today , it is no change .
Nevertheless there is ever the times when our average life span was approximately 40 years old .
The reason is because the death rate of babies was extremely high .
From old days to today , it is no change .
Nevertheless there is ever the times when our average life span was approximately 40 years old .
The reason is because the death rate of babies was extremely high .
Translation / English
Some forty years old is generally a healthy age both now and in olden times. But sometimes it was not the case; there was a time when the average life expectancy was about 40. The reason was that the child mortality rate was extremely high then.
- Posted at 21 Aug 2011 at 23:50
Some forty years old is generally a healthy age both now and in olden times. But sometimes it was not the case; there was a time when the average life expectancy was about 40. The reason was that the child mortality rate was extremely high then.