"Quick, that man is having a heart attack, anybody got a gun?" :P
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Ousterhout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 28 January 2004 15:31
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Alarming statistic
>
>
> OK.
>
> How many on-purpose deaths for each?
>
> Andy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 1:07 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re:Alarming statistic
>
>
> Sunday, January 27 2004
> Subject:: Thought Provoking Statistic
>
> Thought Provoking Statistic
>
> Think about this:
> A. The number of physicians in the US is 700,000.
> B. Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year is 120,000.
> C. Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.
> -- (US Dept. of Health &Human Services)
>
> Then think about this:
> A. The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000.
> B. The number of accidental gun deaths per year is 1,500.
> C. The number of 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 ALMOST 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.
>
>
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