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Aside from infant morality, don't forget the massive death load from things like accidental death, famine, and maternal mortality.

E.g. from Wikipedia, female life expectancy from age 15 in Britain in the 1400-1500s century was 33 years (so reaching 48 years of age).




...and also bubonic plague.




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