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[–] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 63 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't disagree with your overall point, but statistics like that are almost always heavily skewed because of high infant mortality rates

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The mortality rate during childbirth was pretty high for women on top of the infant rate. Childbirth as a whole dragged the numbers down.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The mortality of mothers only became a big issue between doctors being in charge of birth and hand washing becoming a rule

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

The domestication of storks has also led to fewer deaths upon delivery. I wish to also add something to this thread of reddit factoids.