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Suppose there are 4x poor people as rich people, and rich people live 2x longer. Then on average, there will be 8x as many poor deaths per day than rich. I think this works so long as the ratios are stable even if total population and lifespans vary arbitrarily.
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Hmmm … since the percentage of the expected reproductive years is not half I they’d have to reproduce more than 8 times, specially since poverty and child mortality correlate, but sure, there’s probably an answer
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