Life Expectancy
The life expectancy during the Medieval period wasn't very long. Most people didn't live long in the Middle Ages. This had impacted on the population of Medieval Europe greatly. The maximum life expectancy if you had caught the plague were that you could live up to was 7 days (maximum) and 1-2 days (minimum). Death from rapidly spreading plague was common and children were very likely to be the main victims. Most babies died within the first years of their life, around 1/4 of them in the Middle Ages. Many of the children, less than 1/2, died even before reaching the age of ten. Those who passed the age of ten had a higher chance of reaching adulthood and perhaps living to around till 40 years of age. Only a small percent of people lived to what we regard as old age in the Medieval period. These are some of the statistics on the life expectancy in Medieval Europe during the Black Plague.
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