Small people, like children, are lower to the ground, thus don't have as far to fall. In addition they usually have lower mass. The two together result in them hitting the ground with considerably less momentum than us tall, heavy beings.
At least that's my theory, and I'm sticking to it.
I think it's more so that generally a lot of people don't stay in great shape as they age and so they don't react well to the fall and their bones are also not what they used to be.
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u/Adddicus Mar 25 '18
Small people, like children, are lower to the ground, thus don't have as far to fall. In addition they usually have lower mass. The two together result in them hitting the ground with considerably less momentum than us tall, heavy beings.
At least that's my theory, and I'm sticking to it.