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Buffon's Natural History. Volume 04 (of 10): Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &cBuffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de

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Buffon's Natural History. Volume 04 (of 10): Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c

Name: Buffon's Natural History. Volume 04 (of 10): Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c
Author: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de

Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de

Natural history

By the tables in the country parishes it appears, that almost one half
of the children die before the age of four years, and by the Paris
table not before 16; which great difference; certainly arises from
the children being sent into the country to nurse, and consequently
increases the number of deaths there in infancy. As likely to come at
the truth, I have blended the two tables, and from thence calculated
the probabilities of the duration of life as follows:

TABLE _of the_ PROBABILITIES _of the_ DURATION _of_ HUMAN LIFE.

  Age.| Duration  |Age.|  Duration  | Age.|  Duration
      | of Life.  |    |  of Life.  |     |  of Life.
  ----|-----------|----|------------|-----|------------
  Yrs. Yrs.  Mths. Yrs.  Yrs.  Mths.  Yrs.  Yrs.  Mths.
  ----|-----------|----|------------|-----|------------
  0   |  8     0  | 29 |  28     6  |  58 |  12     3
  1   | 33     0  | 30 |  28     0  |  59 |  11     8
  2   | 38     0  | 31 |  27     6  |  60 |  11     1
  3   | 40     0  | 32 |  26    11  |  61 |  10     6
  4   | 41     0  | 33 |  26     3  |  62 |  10     0
  5   | 41     6  | 34 |  25     7  |  63 |   9     6
  6   | 42     0  | 35 |  25     0  |  64 |   9     0
  7   | 42     3  | 36 |  24     5  |  65 |   8     6
  8   | 41     6  | 37 |  23    10  |  66 |   8     0
  9   | 40    10  | 38 |  23     3  |  67 |   7     6
  10  | 40     2  | 39 |  22     8  |  68 |   7     0
  11  | 39     6  | 40 |  22     1  |  69 |   6     7
  12  | 38     9  | 41 |  21     6  |  70 |   6     2
  13  | 38     1  | 42 |  20    11  |  71 |   5     3
  14  | 37     5  | 43 |  20     4  |  72 |   5     4
  15  | 36     9  | 44 |  19     9  |  73 |   5     0
  16  | 36     0  | 45 |  19     3  |  74 |   4     9
  17  | 35     4  | 46 |  18     9  |  75 |   4     6
  18  | 34     8  | 47 |  18     2  |  76 |   4     3
  19  | 34     0  | 48 |  17     8  |  77 |   4     1
  20  | 33     5  | 49 |  17     2  |  73 |   3    11
  21  | 32    11  | 50 |  16     7  |  79 |   3     9
  22  | 32     4  | 51 |  16     0  |  80 |   3     7
  23  | 31    10  | 52 |  15     6  |  81 |   3     5
  24  | 31     3  | 53 |  15     0  |  82 |   3     3
  25  | 30     9  | 54 |  14     6  |  83 |   3     2
  26  | 30     2  | 55 |  14     0  |  84 |   3     1
  27  | 29     7  | 56 |  13     5  |  85 |   3     0
  28  | 29     0  | 57 |  12     10 |     |

By this table it appears, that an infant newly born has an equal chance
of living eight years; that an infant of one will live 33 years longer;
that a child of two will live 38 years longer; that a man of 20 will
live 33 years and five months longer; that a man of 30 will live 28
years longer; and so proportionally of every other age.

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Buffon's Natural History. Volume 04 (of 10): Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c

Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de

Natural history

By the tables in the country parishes it appears, that almost one half
of the children die before the age of four years, and by the Paris
table not before 16; which great difference; certainly arises from
the children being sent into the country to nurse, and consequently
increases the number of deaths there in infancy. As likely to come at
the truth, I have blended the two tables, and from thence calculated
the probabilities of the duration of life as follows:

TABLE _of the_ PROBABILITIES _of the_ DURATION _of_ HUMAN LIFE.

  Age.| Duration  |Age.|  Duration  | Age.|  Duration
      | of Life.  |    |  of Life.  |     |  of Life.
  ----|-----------|----|------------|-----|------------
  Yrs. Yrs.  Mths. Yrs.  Yrs.  Mths.  Yrs.  Yrs.  Mths.
  ----|-----------|----|------------|-----|------------
  0   |  8     0  | 29 |  28     6  |  58 |  12     3
  1   | 33     0  | 30 |  28     0  |  59 |  11     8
  2   | 38     0  | 31 |  27     6  |  60 |  11     1
  3   | 40     0  | 32 |  26    11  |  61 |  10     6
  4   | 41     0  | 33 |  26     3  |  62 |  10     0
  5   | 41     6  | 34 |  25     7  |  63 |   9     6
  6   | 42     0  | 35 |  25     0  |  64 |   9     0
  7   | 42     3  | 36 |  24     5  |  65 |   8     6
  8   | 41     6  | 37 |  23    10  |  66 |   8     0
  9   | 40    10  | 38 |  23     3  |  67 |   7     6
  10  | 40     2  | 39 |  22     8  |  68 |   7     0
  11  | 39     6  | 40 |  22     1  |  69 |   6     7
  12  | 38     9  | 41 |  21     6  |  70 |   6     2
  13  | 38     1  | 42 |  20    11  |  71 |   5     3
  14  | 37     5  | 43 |  20     4  |  72 |   5     4
  15  | 36     9  | 44 |  19     9  |  73 |   5     0
  16  | 36     0  | 45 |  19     3  |  74 |   4     9
  17  | 35     4  | 46 |  18     9  |  75 |   4     6
  18  | 34     8  | 47 |  18     2  |  76 |   4     3
  19  | 34     0  | 48 |  17     8  |  77 |   4     1
  20  | 33     5  | 49 |  17     2  |  73 |   3    11
  21  | 32    11  | 50 |  16     7  |  79 |   3     9
  22  | 32     4  | 51 |  16     0  |  80 |   3     7
  23  | 31    10  | 52 |  15     6  |  81 |   3     5
  24  | 31     3  | 53 |  15     0  |  82 |   3     3
  25  | 30     9  | 54 |  14     6  |  83 |   3     2
  26  | 30     2  | 55 |  14     0  |  84 |   3     1
  27  | 29     7  | 56 |  13     5  |  85 |   3     0
  28  | 29     0  | 57 |  12     10 |     |

By this table it appears, that an infant newly born has an equal chance
of living eight years; that an infant of one will live 33 years longer;
that a child of two will live 38 years longer; that a man of 20 will
live 33 years and five months longer; that a man of 30 will live 28
years longer; and so proportionally of every other age.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Buffon's Natural History. Volume 04 (of 10): Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c

Buffon's Natural History. Volume 04 (of 10): Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c

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