posts: 26655

This table contains the full text for all our old WORDPRESS content in html form. The format is a bit odd as it represents a direct copy from wordpress content that includes a lot of wordpress specific comments that carry some meaning in terms of layout instructions etc.. The html in the content column can thus be rendered as is but will not look identical to the way it looks on our website as several post processing steps are not applied yet. The content should work though as a readable approximation for every post. For easy searching etc, a markdown copy of the content is available in the markdown column. If you want to query all posts (both wordpress and gdocs), use the posts_unified table or the posts_unified_with_content view.

This data as json

id title slug type status content archieml archieml_update_statistics published_at updated_at gdocSuccessorId authors excerpt created_at_in_wordpress updated_at_in_wordpress featured_image formattingOptions markdown wpApiSnapshot
26655 Child mortality is an everyday tragedy of enormous scale that rarely makes the headlines untitled-reusable-block-52 wp_block publish <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>How old are people when they died?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The answer can be seen in the bar chart. It shows all deaths in the world by age in five-year age groups, starting with the oldest at the top and the youngest at the bottom.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:html --> <iframe src="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/deaths-globally-by-age?country=~OWID_WRL" loading="lazy" style="width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;"></iframe> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What stands out is the death toll for the very youngest age-group. 5 million children died before they had their fifth birthday. On any average day, almost 14,000 young children.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The suffering and dying of children remains immense, yet these daily tragedies continue without receiving the attention this injustice deserves. A comparison of the tragedy of child deaths with those tragedies that do receive public attention puts it in perspective. A large jumbo jet can carry up to 620 passengers.{ref}The exact number of seats depends on the seating configuration and while 524 seats are typical, 620 is on the high end. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747</a>{/ref}</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The number of child deaths is that of 22 jumbo jet crashes, with only children on board, every single day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Single events – such as plane crashes – always make the headlines. Daily tragedies – even the worst ones like the deaths of thousands of children – never make the headlines.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Every case of a family losing a child is a tragedy, regardless of how common or uncommon the cause. Spectacular events that grab global attention in the media are not more important than everyday human suffering. But unfortunately this is not how our minds and our media work. What we focus our attention on are either the spectacular tragedies (natural disasters, terrorist attacks, crime) or new problems (fake news, risks from automation). The first category keeps the breaking news cycle running, the second category keeps the op-ed writers employed. But in many aspects the biggest threats to our lives are the same threats that all the generations that came before us have faced. And this seems unfortunately to be true for what kills children around the world; it’s neither new nor spectacular.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A newspaper that would cover the most important facts about the last 24 hours would cover the 14,000 child deaths on its cover page every day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> 
{
    "id": "wp-26655",
    "slug": "untitled-reusable-block-52",
    "content": {
        "toc": [],
        "body": [
            {
                "type": "text",
                "value": [
                    {
                        "text": "How old are people when they died?",
                        "spanType": "span-simple-text"
                    }
                ],
                "parseErrors": []
            },
            {
                "type": "text",
                "value": [
                    {
                        "text": "The answer can be seen in the bar chart. It shows all deaths in the world by age in five-year age groups, starting with the oldest at the top and the youngest at the bottom.",
                        "spanType": "span-simple-text"
                    }
                ],
                "parseErrors": []
            },
            {
                "url": "https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/deaths-globally-by-age?country=~OWID_WRL",
                "type": "chart",
                "parseErrors": []
            },
            {
                "type": "text",
                "value": [
                    {
                        "text": "What stands out is the death toll for the very youngest age-group. 5 million children died before they had their fifth birthday. On any average day, almost 14,000 young children.",
                        "spanType": "span-simple-text"
                    }
                ],
                "parseErrors": []
            },
            {
                "type": "text",
                "value": [
                    {
                        "text": "The suffering and dying of children remains immense, yet these daily tragedies continue without receiving the attention this injustice deserves. A comparison of the tragedy of child deaths with those tragedies that do receive public attention puts it in perspective. A large jumbo jet can carry up to 620 passengers.{ref}The exact number of seats depends on the seating configuration and while 524 seats are typical, 620 is on the high end. ",
                        "spanType": "span-simple-text"
                    },
                    {
                        "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747",
                        "children": [
                            {
                                "text": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747",
                                "spanType": "span-simple-text"
                            }
                        ],
                        "spanType": "span-link"
                    },
                    {
                        "text": "{/ref}",
                        "spanType": "span-simple-text"
                    }
                ],
                "parseErrors": []
            },
            {
                "type": "text",
                "value": [
                    {
                        "text": "The number of child deaths is that of 22 jumbo jet crashes, with only children on board, every single day.",
                        "spanType": "span-simple-text"
                    }
                ],
                "parseErrors": []
            },
            {
                "type": "text",
                "value": [
                    {
                        "text": "Single events \u2013 such as plane crashes \u2013 always make the headlines. Daily tragedies \u2013 even the worst ones like the deaths of thousands of children \u2013 never make the headlines.",
                        "spanType": "span-simple-text"
                    }
                ],
                "parseErrors": []
            },
            {
                "type": "text",
                "value": [
                    {
                        "text": "Every case of a family losing a child is a tragedy, regardless of how common or uncommon the cause. Spectacular events that grab global attention in the media are not more important than everyday human suffering. But unfortunately this is not how our minds and our media work. What we focus our attention on are either the spectacular tragedies (natural disasters, terrorist attacks, crime) or new problems (fake news, risks from automation). The first category keeps the breaking news cycle running, the second category keeps the op-ed writers employed. But in many aspects the biggest threats to our lives are the same threats that all the generations that came before us have faced. And this seems unfortunately to be true for what kills children around the world; it\u2019s neither new nor spectacular.",
                        "spanType": "span-simple-text"
                    }
                ],
                "parseErrors": []
            },
            {
                "type": "text",
                "value": [
                    {
                        "text": "A newspaper that would cover the most important facts about the last 24 hours would cover the 14,000 child deaths on its cover page every day.",
                        "spanType": "span-simple-text"
                    }
                ],
                "parseErrors": []
            }
        ],
        "type": "article",
        "title": "Child mortality is an everyday tragedy of enormous scale that rarely makes the headlines",
        "authors": [
            null
        ],
        "dateline": "October 31, 2019",
        "sidebar-toc": false,
        "featured-image": ""
    },
    "createdAt": "2019-10-31T12:14:37.000Z",
    "published": false,
    "updatedAt": "2023-02-15T13:33:21.000Z",
    "revisionId": null,
    "publishedAt": "2019-10-31T12:14:34.000Z",
    "relatedCharts": [],
    "publicationContext": "listed"
}
 
{
    "errors": [],
    "numBlocks": 9,
    "numErrors": 0,
    "wpTagCounts": {
        "html": 1,
        "paragraph": 8
    },
    "htmlTagCounts": {
        "p": 8,
        "iframe": 1
    }
}
 2019-10-31 12:14:34 2024-02-16 14:22:57   
[
    null
]
   2019-10-31 12:14:37 2023-02-15 13:33:21   
{}
 How old are people when they died? The answer can be seen in the bar chart. It shows all deaths in the world by age in five-year age groups, starting with the oldest at the top and the youngest at the bottom. <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/deaths-globally-by-age?country=~OWID_WRL"/> What stands out is the death toll for the very youngest age-group. 5 million children died before they had their fifth birthday. On any average day, almost 14,000 young children. The suffering and dying of children remains immense, yet these daily tragedies continue without receiving the attention this injustice deserves. A comparison of the tragedy of child deaths with those tragedies that do receive public attention puts it in perspective. A large jumbo jet can carry up to 620 passengers.{ref}The exact number of seats depends on the seating configuration and while 524 seats are typical, 620 is on the high end. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747){/ref} The number of child deaths is that of 22 jumbo jet crashes, with only children on board, every single day. Single events – such as plane crashes – always make the headlines. Daily tragedies – even the worst ones like the deaths of thousands of children – never make the headlines. Every case of a family losing a child is a tragedy, regardless of how common or uncommon the cause. Spectacular events that grab global attention in the media are not more important than everyday human suffering. But unfortunately this is not how our minds and our media work. What we focus our attention on are either the spectacular tragedies (natural disasters, terrorist attacks, crime) or new problems (fake news, risks from automation). The first category keeps the breaking news cycle running, the second category keeps the op-ed writers employed. But in many aspects the biggest threats to our lives are the same threats that all the generations that came before us have faced. And this seems unfortunately to be true for what kills children around the world; it’s neither new nor spectacular. A newspaper that would cover the most important facts about the last 24 hours would cover the 14,000 child deaths on its cover page every day. 
{
    "data": {
        "wpBlock": {
            "content": "\n<p>How old are people when they died?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The answer can be seen in the bar chart. It shows all deaths in the world by age in five-year age groups, starting with the oldest at the top and the youngest at the bottom.</p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/deaths-globally-by-age?country=~OWID_WRL\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;\"></iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>What stands out is the death toll for the very youngest age-group. 5 million children died before they had their fifth birthday. On any average day, almost 14,000 young children.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suffering and dying of children remains immense, yet these daily tragedies continue without receiving the attention this injustice deserves. A comparison of the tragedy of child deaths with those tragedies that do receive public attention puts it in perspective. A large jumbo jet can carry up to 620 passengers.{ref}The exact number of seats depends on the seating configuration and while 524 seats are typical, 620 is on the high end. <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747</a>{/ref}</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of child deaths is that of 22 jumbo jet crashes, with only children on board, every single day.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Single events \u2013 such as plane crashes \u2013 always make the headlines. Daily tragedies \u2013 even the worst ones like the deaths of thousands of children \u2013 never make the headlines.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every case of a family losing a child is a tragedy, regardless of how common or uncommon the cause. Spectacular events that grab global attention in the media are not more important than everyday human suffering. But unfortunately this is not how our minds and our media work. What we focus our attention on are either the spectacular tragedies (natural disasters, terrorist attacks, crime) or new problems (fake news, risks from automation). The first category keeps the breaking news cycle running, the second category keeps the op-ed writers employed. But in many aspects the biggest threats to our lives are the same threats that all the generations that came before us have faced. And this seems unfortunately to be true for what kills children around the world; it\u2019s neither new nor spectacular.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>A newspaper that would cover the most important facts about the last 24 hours would cover the 14,000 child deaths on its cover page every day.</p>\n"
        }
    },
    "extensions": {
        "debug": [
            {
                "type": "DEBUG_LOGS_INACTIVE",
                "message": "GraphQL Debug logging is not active. To see debug logs, GRAPHQL_DEBUG must be enabled."
            }
        ]
    }
}

Links from other tables