What was the average life-span of medieval people?

Modern medical science performs wonders today, but medieval health care was not so bad if you managed to make it to adulthood. ... The average life expectancy for a male child born in the UK between 1276 and 1300 was 31.3 years. In 1998, it is 76. read more

The average life expectancy in the US was 46 in 1900. As antibiotics, reduced infant mortality, vaccines, and advanced medical practices developed people are now living into their 80’s from a life expectancy of 67 in 1935. read more

All in all, as far as I remember, under king Mátyás (1464-1490) the life expectancy at birth was 35 years in Hungary based on historical estimates and after the medieval era it was around 45-50 years in 19th century Hungary. read more