Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoLife expectancy worldwide has more than doubled since the year 1900.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkLife expectancy worldwide has more than doubled since the year 1900.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square11linkfedilinkfile-text
Average lifespan in 1900 - 31 years Average lifespan in 1950 - 46 years Average lifespan in 2020 - 73 years
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoThe crazy thing is how much infant mortality changed from pre- to post-WWII. It dropped about 90% in that time.
minus-squareCalfpupa [she/her]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoPre and post pressure from the USSR.
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoAntibiotics and vaccines. Sometimes a spade is just a spade
The crazy thing is how much infant mortality changed from pre- to post-WWII. It dropped about 90% in that time.
Pre and post pressure from the USSR.
Antibiotics and vaccines. Sometimes a spade is just a spade