[ClearCase_guy]

I would like to see statistics on how many kids of various ages died in, let’s say, 1964 compared with 2023 or 2014 or what not.

Have the death rates changed? And if they have, is it almost entirely because of car safety issues? I feel that we have made a million changes to make people safer without really making anyone safer. Except, I suppose, seatbelts and similar items.

I feel that we have sacrificed freedom in a million ways all in return for a negligible improvement in security.

[huldah1776]

death rates include the pre-born? I was a late 50’s early sixties kid.

Consider this also. The average lifespan of the colonials included the deaths of children under 5 and many little ones died young. If they took out the kids I bet the life span would not be 45.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/longevity-throughout-history-2224054

[DallasBiff]

I would like to see statistics on how many kids of various ages died in, let’s say, 1964 compared with 2023 or 2014 or what not

This sounds stupid today, but having a broken arm or leg was a rite of passage back then, I still think I have my cast somewhere, which everybody signed, when I broke my arm jumping off a wall as a dare.

My mother said, "Well you learned your lesson".

[Valpal1]

Fewer accidental deaths and more murder and suicide now.