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Age in Roman Egypt
The following data are based on papyri with census returns found in Egypt and dateable to the first three centuries AD (11/12 AD - 257/258 AD) .These returns provide data on ordinary households, including servants and slaves. From the evidence of these papyri it can be assumed that there was every 14 years a census, starting in 33/34 and ending in 257/258. The few census papyri dating before 33/34 are a little bit obscure and do not necessarily come from a census.
Male life expectancy
age | village | town | total |
0-4 | 24 | 26 | 50 |
5-9 | 16 | 26 | 42 |
10-14 | 7 | 16 | 23 |
15-19 | 13 | 23 | 36 |
20-24 | 13 | 18 | 31 |
25-29 | 14 | 12 | 26 |
30-34 | 16 | 19 | 35 |
35-39 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
40-44 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
45-49 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
50-54 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
55-59 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
60-64 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
65-69 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
70-74 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
75-79 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
80-84 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
all ages | 169 | 181 | 350 |
Female life expectancy in Roman Egypt
age | village | town | total |
0-4 | 28 | 8 | 36 |
5-9 | 18 | 18 | 36 |
10-14 | 24 | 14 | 38 |
15-19 | 21 | 11 | 32 |
20-24 | 15 | 20 | 35 |
25-29 | 13 | 17 | 30 |
30-34 | 18 | 6 | 24 |
35-39 | 22 | 9 | 31 |
40-44 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
45-49 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
50-54 | 13 | 5 | 18 |
55-59 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
60-64 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
65-69 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
70-74 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
75-79 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
all ages | 211 | 126 | 337 |
Bagnall/Frier 1994:
75, 91
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