Yes, the "Darwin Award" really only applies to those who die before they've left even one offspring behind.

That's why high infant mortality is the real grist of the evolutionary mill. Sure, people had lots of kids, but few of them survived - until the few generations between Industrial Revolution improvements in public hygiene, and the advent of effective birth control.

This is why humanity is degrading every generation. Genes that would have been weeded out by retarded kids getting eaten are being passed on instead.