The cost of a long life

Also interesting to see just what the countries average life is.

The Old Centenarian 1800 and previous

While the density of centenarians per capita was much less in ancient times than today, the data suggest that reaching the age of 100 was not impossible then. Though ancient demographics are biased in favor of wealthy or powerful individuals rather than the ordinary person, it is unscientific to suggest that “ordinary persons” lived longer. […]