] The information is somewhat sparse, but it seems that people who survived to adulthood continued to older ages at pretty much the same rates as people today. This would be especially true for people in the upper socio-economic classes, who would be better fed and housed.

Just a selection of the sad statistics I have compulsively collected!

Age at death of:
Grandfather Austen 36
Grandmother Austen 36
Father George Austen 73
Aunt Hampson Austen 2
Aunt Philadelphia Austen 62
Aunt Leanora Austen - unknown

Grandfather Leigh 68
Grandmother Leigh 64
Mother Cassandra 87
Uncle James Leigh Perrot 82
Aunt Jane Leigh Perrot (nee Cholmeley) 92
Aunt Jane Leigh 47
Uncle Thomas Leigh 74
Several Leigh uncles and aunts - as infants

Brother James 53
James' 1st wife Anne Mathew 32
James' 2nd wife Mary Lloyd 72
Brother George 71
Brother Edward 85
Edward's wife Elizabeth Bridges 35 (just after childbirth)
Brother Henry 78
Sister Cassandra 71
Brother Francis 90
Francis' 2nd wife Martha Lloyd 78
JA 41
Brother Charles 73
Charles 1st wife Frances Palmer - her twenties
Charles' second wife (& sister in law) Harriet E Palmer - her seventies/eighties
1st cousin (1C)Edward Cooper - 64
1C Jane Cooper - 27 (accident)
1C & Henry's 1st wife, Eliza 50 0r 51 (prob. cancer)