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[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month 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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

18th century france is also quite possibly the single worst place and point in time to use as a comparison, there's a reason people beheaded monarchs.