The game just shifts to one of attribution rather than what the rates are. A lot of physical violence would have resulted in death not too long ago, but thanks

The game just shifts to one of attribution rather than what the rates are. A lot of physical violence would have resulted in death not too long ago, but thanks to medical technology like washing wounds, getting looked at by a doctor, ambulances, surgery, drugs, etc. it's much harder to die. The lack of as many deaths is then attributed to whatever cause is expedient (democracy, authoritarian crackdown, etc.) when technology and access to it is probably the best explanatory factor.