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Questions about the state or condition of being subject to death; mortal character, nature, or existence.

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Did 120,000 Egyptians die building the Suez Canal?

With figure of around 30,000 workers at any given time, this corresponds to an annual mortality rate of 364 deaths per 1000 workers. … Being generous to the claim and taking the maximum numbers plus a security margin, I am able to arrive at a maximum of around 120 fatalities per year (assuming a mortality rate of 3 per 1000 and 40,000 …
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