A slightly morbid episode about mortality and life expectancy. We dig into how life expectancy is calculated, why you probably wouldn't be dead at 45 in a Medieval society, then talk about a way of considering the lethality of the COVID pandemic which doesn't just include people who were infected by the virus.

Sources:

UN Stats https://unstats.un.org/home/

ABS data for Aboriginal people https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples/life-tables-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-australia ...