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The number of people killed in disasters has fallen a lot over the last century, despite there being four times as many people. Deaths have declined not because disasters are now less frequent or intense, but because we’ve become better at protecting ourselves and each other.

The number of people killed in disasters has fallen a lot over the last century, despite there being four times as many people. Deaths have declined not because disasters are now less frequent or intense, but because we’ve become better at protecting ourselves and each other.