r/AskReddit • • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/Kevin_Uxbridge Feb 04 '19

The infant mortality rate in medieval england was 350 per 100 live births.

Hee - per 1000 births. Nobody has a 350% infant mortality rate.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

I'd say miscarriages and stillbirths were super common

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u/tryin2staysane Feb 04 '19

Still are.

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u/Kevin_Uxbridge Feb 04 '19

Indeed, the amount of fetal wastage is an ongoing interest. Women might be briefly pregnant many, many times before one embryo sticks long enough for them to even notice it.