’ - - infection was ALWAYS the number one killer of human beings.’
Accidents were high in there somewhere - - -
Number 4 on most lists.
Until 1800 the death list was:
(1) Infection - which killed about half of all children and most of the elderly
(2) Starvation, Malnutrition and related diseases
(3) Hypothermia (frigid weather) and related diseases
(4) Trauma - war, homicide, accidental injuries