Wednesday, May 11, 2005
doctors vs. guns
Doctors:
(A) The number of doctors in the U.S. is 700,000.
(B) Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year are 120,000.
(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 17.14%.
Statistics courtesy of the U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services
Guns:
(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000 (yes that's 80 million).
(B) Accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500.
(C) Accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.001875%.
Statistics courtesy of the 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.
Out of concern for the public at large, I have withheld statistics on lawyers
for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention.
(A) The number of doctors in the U.S. is 700,000.
(B) Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year are 120,000.
(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 17.14%.
Statistics courtesy of the U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services
Guns:
(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000 (yes that's 80 million).
(B) Accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500.
(C) Accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.001875%.
Statistics courtesy of the 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.
Out of concern for the public at large, I have withheld statistics on lawyers
for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention.
# posted by HST Overdrive @ 10:51 PM 
