Worldwide, throughout history, “26.9% of newborns died in their first year of life and 46.2% died before they reached adulthood” (Our World In Data). Then, in 1900, child mortality rates began to plummet. The child mortality barrier was broken due to advances in agriculture and disease control in Western Europe and the United States.
Annabelle George
Child Mortality
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