Gino
17th October 2002, 11:14 PM
dangerous statistics
You just never can be sure of the situation that you
think you have a handle on!
Think about this:
Number of physicians in the U. S.: 700,000. Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year: 120,000
Accidental deaths per physician: 0.171 (U. S. Dept of Health & Human Services)
Number of gun owners in the U. S.: 80,000,000.
Number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups): 1,500.
Accidental deaths per gun owner: 0.0000188.
Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.
FACT: Not everyone has a gun, but everyone has at least one doctor.
Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors before this gets out of hand.
As a public health measure I have withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear that the shock could cause people to seek medical attention.
You just never can be sure of the situation that you
think you have a handle on!
Think about this:
Number of physicians in the U. S.: 700,000. Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year: 120,000
Accidental deaths per physician: 0.171 (U. S. Dept of Health & Human Services)
Number of gun owners in the U. S.: 80,000,000.
Number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups): 1,500.
Accidental deaths per gun owner: 0.0000188.
Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.
FACT: Not everyone has a gun, but everyone has at least one doctor.
Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors before this gets out of hand.
As a public health measure I have withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear that the shock could cause people to seek medical attention.