Few people even know about this; when people are asked in surveys how child mortality has changed the majority says it has stagnated or increased.
If you consider that many don't know about humanity's biggest achievement, then it's not surprising that many are so pessimistic about our future.
If you consider that many don't know about humanity's biggest achievement, then it's not surprising that many are so pessimistic about our future.
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https://youtu.be/9TusC0_h100?si=y3Fsu5buDr0QaFFM
.... Yeah... You did.....
It's one of basic historical facts that everyone with a semi-decent education should know.
But when education systems are deliberately starved of funding...
Also 30%+ mortality rate worldwide I have a hard time even imagining.
6300 newborns die every day = almost half of all deaths in children <5y
An African newborn baby is 11x more likely to die than an Aussie/NZ newborn
And the causes of these death are mostly preventable
I find it hard to believe anyone coherent would think it's gone up since the 1800s
Arguable that it is as a result of covid, but upwards trend.
Also the question was asking about changes in the past 20 years, and I bet CDC still shows that going down but I am unsure how to use the CDC tool to get that.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-05.pdf
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-08-508.pdf