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May. 11th, 2002 12:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rowynI wanted to write this down, because I've had a hard time finding mortality statistics for medeival or third-world countries. This is from an article on the front [page of the May 10th Wall Street Journal. It is talking about modern Niger, an African nation north of Nigeria and south of Libya and Algeria.
"80% adult illiteracy, 45-year life expectancy, and pockets where 40% of the children die before the age of five "
"80% adult illiteracy, 45-year life expectancy, and pockets where 40% of the children die before the age of five "
