⟳ Репост от Michael Clark
Different point, but modern medicine has steadily driven maternal mortality rate down. Here, global since ‘85; 2020 was a notable outlier.
mrsomertonin the 1970's, the life expectancy for kids with cystic fibrosis was 15-20 years. today it's 65. in the 1970's, kids with acute myeloid leukemia had a 14% chance of making it 5 years. today it's 64% in 1960 the average life expectancy for kids born with Down Syndrome was 10 years. today it's 60.