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vlogbrothers, "The Life Expectancy Lies That Won't Die.", September 8, 2026, YouTube, 06:06, https://youtube.com/watch?v=6B209EM_IJM. |
In which John explores the question of historical life expectancy, and how sometimes a misleading narrative is corrected by ... a misleading narrative.
If you want to understand historical and present life expectancy in granular detail, I recommend these Our World in Data articles, where I got most of the information in this video:
How Does the Risk of Death Change as We Age? https://ourworldindata.org/how-do-the-risks-of-death-change-as-people-age
Life Expectancy Has Increased at All Ages: https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy?insight=life-expectancy-has-increased-at-all-ages#research-writing
It's Not Just about Child Mortality: https://ourworldindata.org/its-not-just-about-child-mortality-life-expectancy-improved-at-all-ages
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If you want to understand historical and present life expectancy in granular detail, I recommend these Our World in Data articles, where I got most of the information in this video:
How Does the Risk of Death Change as We Age? https://ourworldindata.org/how-do-the-risks-of-death-change-as-people-age
Life Expectancy Has Increased at All Ages: https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy?insight=life-expectancy-has-increased-at-all-ages#research-writing
It's Not Just about Child Mortality: https://ourworldindata.org/its-not-just-about-child-mortality-life-expectancy-improved-at-all-ages
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Preorder John's new novel Hollywood, Ending (out September 22!): https://hollywoodendingbook.com
Learn more about our project to help Partners in Health radically reduce maternal mortality in Sierra Leone: https://www.pih.org/hankandjohn
If you're able to donate $2,000 or more to this effort, please join our matching fund: https://pih.org/hankandjohnmatch
If you're in Canada, you can donate here: https://pihcanada.org/hankandjohn
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