...$\lesssim$100 Myr[*]
For a sample limited to clusters within 600 pc from the sun and with masses >100 $M_{\odot}$. When plotting ${\rm d}N/{\rm d}t$ of all clusters, as in Whitmore et al. (2007), it declines due to incompleteness effects.
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