Yup, the life expectancy was pretty darn low that year, almost like a rampaging illness tore through a third of the population.Brother life expectancy was like 40 years old in 1918.
the death rate from this is like 0.3% when you count untested cases
it’s a nothing burger
YEAR | MALE | FEMALE |
1915 | 52.5 | 56.8 |
1916 | 49.6 | 54.3 |
1917 | 48.4 | 54.0 |
1918 (Year of Spanish Flu) | 36.6 | 42.2 |
1919 | 53.5 | 56.0 |
1920 | 53.6 | 54.6 |
(*Meanwhile, Chickenhawk nods sagely as she quietly adds another Rivoli screen capture to her growing "Nothing Burger" collection.*)
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