> LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH

Given the huge infant mortality rates until very recently in human history, this is often pretty misleading. Life expectancy at say, 2yo, is far greater.

It seems that this conflates the leading causes of death in $BIRTH_YEAR with the leading causes of death for someone born in $BIRTH_YEAR?

Nice, but would be even nicer if we saw such ideas in games.

Thanks for making this! This was super fascinating and the type of thing I love seeing on HN!

In 429 CE, Devadatta was born on the Deccan Plateau, near present-day Hyderabad. His hamlet was home to about 100 people. Among six children, he was the second. Devadatta died of neonatal tetanus or sepsis within days of birth.

Hardcore

Since this website has information about how many children born per woman, and how many survive on average, I would like to see a tool that, given a particular person, can estimate how many people today are their genetic descendant.

"At 79, she died of a respiratory infection. She left 18 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren behind."

What are the odds of 79. Must've been in the very top percentile

I would like to see a life expectancy number that excludes deaths in childhood.

A frequency distribution of life span for those born in year X would be a helpful visual.

Roy: A Life from Ricky and Morty comes to mind.

Extra points if you can take your example life off grid.

https://youtube.com/shorts/CssbcJ44dos

I will say this with all honesty and sincerity to everyone who interacted with this site: If you didn't realize this was just LLM-generated nonsense within the first 45-60 seconds of using it, it's completely and unequivocally over for you. Your lack of discernment will lead to you being jerked around by AI-generated slop for the rest of your life.