Rod S. wrote: "How many times do you hear of a tragic accidental death?"
Jim Johnson wrote: "Any accidental death is tragic, but the numbers simply
do not bear out your pre-conceived desires."
It is curious how some will omit statistics that do not support their
pre-conceived ideas. In few political areas does the connection between the
current health care debate, together with the arguments over gun ownership,
show how vividly some will use "statistics" to falsely base their arguments.
Proponents of "change" in health care often cite the fact that the U.N. and
the World Health Organization assert that the money spent on health care,
the U.S. ranks way down the list when it comes to life expectancy. However,
what they fail to reveal is that this is the *overall* life expectancy
resulting from ALL types of death, both natural and unnatural (e.g.
homicide, suicide and motor vehicle accidents.) When comparing *only*
natural deaths, the United States leads the world in life expectancy at 76.9
years (Norway is second with 76.3 years), thus supporting a higher quality
of health care for Americans.
The "unnatural life expectancy" data is skewed by homicides in America, the
most rampant being murder among black males and females. The National
Center for Health Statistics has found that homicides account for 6.1 deaths
per 100,000 among white males, but an astounding 42.1 deaths per 100,000
among black males. For white females, it was only 2.2 compared to 8.6 for
black females.
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