I find it strange that the US dept of Health and Human services lists a
TOTAL of ALL accidental deaths in 1995 as 89,703. Where are you getting
your figures, the gun lobby?
Bill
Jay Fishbein wrote:
>DOCTORS:
>
>(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.
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>(B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000.
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>(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.
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>Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept. of Health Human Services.
>
>GUNS:
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>(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000.
>Yes, that is 80 million.
>
>(B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year,
>all age groups. is 1,500.
>
>(C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.000188.
>
>Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous
>than gun owners.
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