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Thread ID: 39477	2003-11-07 23:44:00	OT some interesting US statistics	mikebartnz (21)	Press F1

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190011	2003-11-07 23:44:00	Hi there all. A friend sent me these ststistics he found. The number of physicians in the United States is 700,000 Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year is 120,000 Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171 The number of gun owners in the United States is 80,000,000 The number of accidental gun deaths per year is 1,500 The number of accidental gun deaths per gun owner is 0.0000188 Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous	mikebartnz (21)
190012	2003-11-08 00:14:00	lies... damn lies... and statistics	porpora (3036)
190013	2003-11-08 05:38:00	It seems to mention accidents in there ;-)	-=JM=- (16)
190014	2003-11-08 06:06:00	Yeah! I'd like to see the comparison with intentional deaths included. Might paint a slightly different picture. I would also like to know whether the statistics are balanced to reflect international standards, eg, in the States your much more likely to be sued for causing something or other henious when in another jurisdiction its more likey to be put down to accident of misadventure, hence, comparitively the Staes figures are going to be inflated. Cheers Murray P.	Murray P (44)
190015	2003-11-08 06:39:00	I suspect this number is very dodgy: > Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year is 120,000 IIRC the number of people killed by cars in the US is only ~50K. How do they define "accidental"? What kind of condition were people in when they want to them? ie were these _preventable_ deaths. Were the doctors that failed to separate those siamese twins at fault when they died?	bmason (508)
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