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I think older people accept bad things as "normal" because they were more common. Having something bad that happens to 1 in 5 people is awful, but having something that affects 1 in 50 people feels worse. As tech and medicine improves this problem will probably become more prevalent.

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Miscarriage affects more like 1 in 3 pregnancies.

That number won't change. The main cause of miscarriage is that the embryo/foetus has a massive problem and can't ever develop. There is nothing medical science can do. In fact many more miscarriages are known about today - 50 years ago most women wouldn't even have known they were pregnant they would have thought they had a late heavy period.

To what extent is that "happens 1 in 50" and to what extent is it "happens 1 in 5 but only 10% of people are vocal about it"?

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