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80 years ago was 1940. There was some widespread activity at the time that interfered with food availability.



Expected lifetime of those who were born during the war decreased relative to previous and following generations.

Finland had a famine 1867-1868. After that expected lifetime started to increase. There was a dip in generations born around civil war and then again during the Winter War and WWII. After that life expectancy continued to increase.

Source: Expected lifetime of population by year of birth. https://www.stat.fi/org/tilastokeskus/elinajanodote.html




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