Thread: Statistics

This was sent to me by a friend:

Doctors:
(A) The number of physicians in the United States is 700,000.
(B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000.
(C) Accidental deaths per physicians is 0.171.
Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services.

Now think about this:
Guns:
(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80 million.
(B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500
(C) 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 have withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear
the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention.

Very nice stats! We should replace the Brady Bill with the Kevorkian Bill and ban all assult doctors!
-Fred