Two excellent points - being brought up in the 50s and 60s we didnt have cleaning products to disinfect every spot of the house - and people developed immunities to diseases that todays generation dont build up - causing a huge rise in illnesses especially in children - its interesting to see the relationship between the companies that produce all of the disinfecting products and the pharmaceutical companies (ok so the tin hat goes on occasionally)
Second - the mortality rate in the 50s and 60s for the younger kids was a little higher than today (you have to watch out for the studies that say teens because a whole shit load of teens got killed in Vietnam back then) - but since 2002 the mortality rate has actually turned and started going back up
Of course the mortality rate for teens in the 80s and 90s are low cause you couldnt get them to go outside let alond do anything that might put their body at risk
