Are we safer than at anytime in the past?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/04/14/theres-never-been-a-safer-time-to-be-a-kid-in-america/
Christopher Ingraham, the author of “There’s never been a safer time to be a kid in America,” does an excellent job at providing statistics, which back up his claim that America is indeed the safest it has ever been for children and teens. For example, he claimed that the overall mortality rate for children and young adults has seen a significant decrease since 1935, and backed it up with the fact that there are only 30 deaths for every 100,000 children, ages 1 to 4, compared to that in the 1930s when it was 450 deaths for every 100,000 children. Within the article, Ingraham also claims that the number of missing people have gone down by 40% since 1997 and also that between …show more content…
Although these statistics are promising, I would like to see how they compare to that of a more impoverished neighborhood, where the newest vaccine or safety precautions aren’t available to the population. This article also focuses mainly on children in America as well, so it would be interesting to see how other countries compare to these statistics. Overall, this article provides enough information to say that yes, we are safer than anytime in the past because with the help of vaccines, more police control, and generally safer communities, children are able to grow into their adult lives at a much higher rate than ever before.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2014/12/the_world_is_not_falling_apart_the_trend_lines_reveal_an_increasingly_peaceful.html
After simply tying “is the world the safest it has ever been?” into the google search bar trying to generalize safety for the entire world, compared to just America, this article, “The world is not falling apart” by Steven Pinker and Andrew Mack, was the second one available. Intrigued by the title that, before reading the actual
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/04/14/theres-never-been-a-safer-time-to-be-a-kid-in-america/
Christopher Ingraham, the author of “There’s never been a safer time to be a kid in America,” does an excellent job at providing statistics, which back up his claim that America is indeed the safest it has ever been for children and teens. For example, he claimed that the overall mortality rate for children and young adults has seen a significant decrease since 1935, and backed it up with the fact that there are only 30 deaths for every 100,000 children, ages 1 to 4, compared to that in the 1930s when it was 450 deaths for every 100,000 children. Within the article, Ingraham also claims that the number of missing people have gone down by 40% since 1997 and also that between …show more content…
Although these statistics are promising, I would like to see how they compare to that of a more impoverished neighborhood, where the newest vaccine or safety precautions aren’t available to the population. This article also focuses mainly on children in America as well, so it would be interesting to see how other countries compare to these statistics. Overall, this article provides enough information to say that yes, we are safer than anytime in the past because with the help of vaccines, more police control, and generally safer communities, children are able to grow into their adult lives at a much higher rate than ever before.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2014/12/the_world_is_not_falling_apart_the_trend_lines_reveal_an_increasingly_peaceful.html
After simply tying “is the world the safest it has ever been?” into the google search bar trying to generalize safety for the entire world, compared to just America, this article, “The world is not falling apart” by Steven Pinker and Andrew Mack, was the second one available. Intrigued by the title that, before reading the actual