It may be tangled up in the number of children. Spreading resources over more children may put them all further into that 12% category?
Anyway it seems to be true that child mortality has dropped across the board. US child mortality used to be almost 50% (in 1800). Now its around 0.7%. Somalia is about where the US was in 1925.
Anyway it seems to be true that child mortality has dropped across the board. US child mortality used to be almost 50% (in 1800). Now its around 0.7%. Somalia is about where the US was in 1925.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041693/united-states-al...