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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 906671, member: 15199&quot;]The death rate in the US in 1900 was 17.2 /1000 , in 2008 it was 8.27 %,&nbsp; If technology advances didn&#039;t occur , we would be looking at 17.2/1000 x 301million =5,177,200 deaths in 2008 instead of 2,489,270, a difference of 2,687,930 in the US alone. </p><p><br /></p><p>Average age of death born 1900 for white males 48.3....born 2000 74.8</p><p>Average age of death&nbsp; born&nbsp; 1900 for white females 51.08...born 2000 80.0</p><p>Average age of death born 1900 for non-white male 32.54...born 2000&nbsp; 68.3</p><p>Average age of death&nbsp; born 1900for non-white female 35.4...born 2000&nbsp; 75.0</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The largest changes are in the under 5 year group as before most vaccines, and antibiotics, anti-virals, nuclear medicine , etc.&nbsp; they had a horrible death rate. </p><p><br /></p><p>Technology and social relationships may not be the same as before, but overall , I think that the average person is more educated, heathier, and economically sound than a century or more ago. IMO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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