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Thursday, October 25, 2007

 

entertainment

I thought this was really amusing:


Important FBI Statistics for Your Consideration

1. The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.

2. Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year are
120,000.

3. Accidental deaths per physician are 0.171.

Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept. of Health and Human
Services)
Now think about this:

1. The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000
(yes, that's 80
million).

2. The number of accidental gun deaths per year among
all age groups
is 1,500.

3. The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is
.000188.
Statistics courtesy of FBI)

So, statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000
times more dangerous
than gun owners.
Remember, "Guns don't kill people, doctors do."

FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS
AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.
Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We
must ban doctors
before this gets completely out of hand!!!

Out of concern for the public at large, I withheld the
statistics on
lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic
and seek medical
attention!

Comments:
These statistics are misleading. What percentage of the population would be dead without modern medicine?

I agree that reducing the number of deaths from medical accidents would be great. But foregoing medicine is not the solution.

Also, I'll bet the gun figures change a lot if you include the non-accidental deaths.
 
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