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and when we get rid of that data and we sort of re-qualify or recalculate the data looking at a more level playing field or a reason of a landscape we see something quite interesting which is this squaring of the mortality curve this compression of morbidity
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in indigenous cultures we see that all those metrics kind of stay more level and then drop off precipitously when they die right this is the compression of morbidity and I think this is the same thing that you're describing it is
I've heard this described as squaring of the mortality curve or compression of morbidity and it's something that I think appears to be observed in indigenous peoples maybe not at 109 years old but out there when they die you know indigenous people I think are often misunderstood but the at least within modern history in indigenous people that we've studied when they do die they or their mortality curve appears to be squared as well and this means that they maintain vitality longer in their life in the West what we know is we have this sort of steady decline in our vitality for lack of a more objective measure and you know functionality lean muscle mass our ability to be a functional human and indigenous cultures we see that all those metrics kind of stay more level and then drop off precipitously when they die right this is the compression of morbidity and I think this is the same thing that you're describing it is
So what you see in those populations is something called squaring of the morbidity curve. Morbidity is just this word that means like it's like how how quickly do we become decrepit. Got it. How it's your slope of dying. Yes. Your your gradual slope of dying. You're not dead, but you're partly dead. Right. You're partly dead because your your abilities are declining. You're not as vital. You're not as strong. You know, you get more injuries. So if you look at huntergatherer populations, they have a squaring.