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Ovarian Aging

2015; Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany); Volume: 33; Issue: 06 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1055/s-0035-1567817

1526-8004

Emre Seli,

Birth, Development, and Health

The life expectancy of a 15-year-old girl who was lucky enough to survive infancy and early childhood in the 16th century United Kingdom was only 48 years. For the same girl, life expectancy would be 56 in the 18th century, 65 in the 19th century, and 75 by mid-20th century.[1] As a result of the significant reduction in infant and teen mortality, as well as improvements in access to health care over the course of the 20th century, life expectancy at birth for females in the United States reached 81.2 years in 2012.