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> Antibiotics and Insulin - those two things have saves untold lives.

Type 1 is about 0.5% prevalence. Type 1 diabetes was a rapid death sentence before insulin discovery in the 1920s.

Type 2 is more common (maybe 10% but highly dependent on country) and it is a relatively modern problem

Infant mortality has dropped to 0.5% from 7% 100 years ago - so that's more significant.



Better food, living conditions and sanitation has helped greatly.




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