Suicides would skyrocket, too, and probably at a young age. Probably infant death would skyrocket, too. Imagine you have a kid with a birth defect or some other kind of lifelong condition. Why make them live a whole life dealing with that when you can just let them take a mulligan and reincarnate, hopefully under better conditions.

Get into an accident and lose the use of your legs or get paralyzed or something? Oh well. Better luck on your next play-through. Hit the reset button and try again.