Average Life Span- American Revoution and Now

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<p>Wow, mini, I’d never heard that. Where can I learn more about that?</p>

<p>Re Childbirth:</p>

<p>My Great grandmother died “in childbirth,” which I always assumed meant “during giving birth.” I later discovered that the term covers a wide range of preventable deaths, including “childbed fever” which was attributable to non-sterile practices at turn of the century, or toxemia/ecclampsia, which is attributable to terrible nutrition…</p>