Reduced Child Mortality Adds Year to Women's Lives
Dramatic decline in childhood mortality adds a year to women's lives, study finds.
A mother holding her child. New report suggests that decline in childhood mortality during the 20th century has, on average, added one year to the life expectancy of women.
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- The dramatic decline in childhood mortality during the 20th century has, on an average, added a full year to women’s lives.
- Life expectancy for women after age 15 increased by about 16 years between 1900 and 2000.
- The study attributes one year (or about 6% of this increase) to the dramatic drop in childhood mortality over the course of the 20th century.
- Investing in reducing childhood mortality everywhere helps not only the children, but whole communities, especially mothers.
Source: Cornell University