GDG- Foote

[keith mackenzie]

john: Without appearing to dimwitted, if thats possible, wouldn't the death rate from the war itself skew the averages for that generation?
  K.

John Baniszewski <jdbano2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
  Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:



SNIP

Given the life expectancy data, most CSA vets would have died prior to mr. Foote's birth assuming
an enlistment age of 17 years and a life expectancy of 40.1. 

UNSNIP

You need to be careful about numbers like that. Factored into that life expectancy figure are all of those who died in their infancy. The mortality rate was so high back then among the really young, compared to today, it can skew an "average" number.

John Baniszewski



John Baniszewski
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