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by alt227 522 days ago
Pre 1800, the average life expectancy was aged between 20-40 [1]. I think the menopause is something that was experienced by extremely few people until after then.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy

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Average life expectancy is misleading. You want perhaps median life expectancy after the age of 20.