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[โ€“] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

What happened in that belt sweeping the nations in Africa from south-central to the eastern side? 40%+ improvement is wild. I assume life expectancy was originally very low due to...wars? Disease? Famine? All of the above? And some improvement in stability or medical availability contributed to this?

[โ€“] mst@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

If you start at 40 its easier to get 40% more than when you start at 80.