Opinion | Amid Suffering in 2023, Humans Still Made Progress - The New York Times - 0 views
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In some ways, 2023 may still have been the best year in the history of humanity.
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Just about the worst calamity that can befall a human is to lose a child, and historically, almost half of children worldwide died before they reached the age of 15. That share has declined steadily since the 19th century, and the United Nations Population Division projects that in 2023 a record low was reached in global child mortality, with just 3.6 percent of newborns dying by the age of 5.
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It still means that about 4.9 million children died this year — but that’s a million fewer than died as recently as 2016.
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