What was the average life span of an American in the mid-1700s?

Answer 1

There was little improvement in medical care between 1750 and 1850 so life expectancy did not change much. The big improvement came with the discovery that germs cause diseases in the late 1800's. The very low life expectancy at birth was in a large part due to death in childhood so if you made it to 20 it was only 15 years less that today. Women had a lower life expectancy than men because of death in childbirth. Here is table 1850 to present.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005140.html

Answer 2

In the developed countries, the fragmentary data that are available suggest that life expectancy at birth was around 35 to 40 years in the mid-1700s, that it rose to about 45 to 50 by the mid-1800s, and that rapid improvements began at the end of the nineteenth century, so that by the middle of the twentieth century it was approximately 66 to 67 years. Since 1950 gains in life expectancy have been smaller, approximately eight more years have been added.

Answer 3

In addition to some of the other points here there is a belief of "man shall not live by bread alone". There is an sda show called it is written with shawn boonstra he is fat - probably from the sda desserts and cheese even though sdas are great in some areas of health they have room for improvement there. If you go to one of their pot lucks there is more cheese there than in all of switzerland. I always thought it was weird - they do not eat salmon - but a high fat cheese casserole with chocolate cake is fine. LOL. But if you took the average christian versus an sda the sda on average studies and knows their bible far better and I think that leads to greater health. There are some amazing positives in the bible.

Answer 4

Female 54. Male 52.

Answer 5

58

Answer 6

male 35, female 39

Answer 7

34-36: men
36-38: women

Answer 8

60 was old.

Answer 9

40ish