• snooggums@lemmy.world
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    The mortality rate during childbirth was pretty high for women on top of the infant rate. Childbirth as a whole dragged the numbers down.

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      The mortality of mothers only became a big issue between doctors being in charge of birth and hand washing becoming a rule

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        The domestication of storks has also led to fewer deaths upon delivery. I wish to also add something to this thread of reddit factoids.