What lies at the heart of both books, however, is less death than childhood.

The thoughts, the ideas were yours; better than mine perhaps, but none the less death to me.

And now that it has culminated in open mutiny there is no more violence, much less death.

The face only grew more serene and less death-like, as the soul passed from its frail tenement.

One less death on her conscience, anyway.

Numbers cannot encompass life, much less death.

She knew that nothing could part them now, not life, and even less death, yet she could see no future.

So there's a difference for the more experienced midwives of 2 less deaths per thousand.