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'Civilization' is a point of view, it would seem (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Average life expectancy (as pretty much any average) is a very misleading measurement, though, because it is highly skewed towards the low end due to extremely high infant mortality.

[โ€“] ValiantDust@feddit.org 1 points 4 months ago

I guess it comes down to what you take it to mean. If I read a low average life expectancy, my default assumption is that many people die very young. And I even added the statistics about high infant mortality, so it should be pretty clear that that's where it comes from?