At 02:47 AM 11/9/01 -0800, George wrote: >I got the book (Plagues and Peoples), and I found other interesting >sources as well. To quote McGinnis, Feoge "Actual Causes of Death in >the United States." Journal of the American Medical Association 270 >(18):2207-2212 > >U. S. 1990 data: >Tobacco deaths: 400,000 >Diet/ low activity pattern deaths 300,000 >Alcohol deaths: 100,000 >Firearm deaths: 35,000 >Sexual behavior deaths: 30,000 >Motor vehicle deaths: 25,000 >Illicit drug deaths: 20,000
I don't know about the others, but 25,000 for motor vehicle deaths is wrong (even for 1990). Here are the last few years: YearTotal 199436254 199537241 199637494 199737324 199837107 199937140 200037409 Data from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System. This is an excellent source for examples for class or just to play around. Check it out at http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov Humberto Barreto x6315 ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================
