That’s not what I’m saying. I’m saying the impact on society is more severe. When children and young adults die, you lose the ability to sustain your population

That’s not what I’m saying. I’m saying the impact on society is more severe. When children and young adults die, you lose the ability to sustain your population in the next generation. The worst case outcome is societal collapse. You basically can’t fill your infrastructure with new bodies as the old generation finds itself on the wrong side of goodbye. Losing your parents would be tragic, but not particularly troubling to the State. The same logic is behind only drafting men unless your situation is really desperate. Your new citizens come from young fertile women.