The next section on the same page indicate ( http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Water-Safety/waterinjuries-factsheet.htm):
- *Children:* In 2005, of all children 1 to 4 years old who died, almost 30% died from drowning.1 Although drowning rates have slowly declined,1, 3 fatal drowning remains the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children ages 1 to 14 years.4 If you go to this website, you'll see: http://www.usa.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?folder_id=540&content_item_id=1030 *DEATHS* - In 2001, unintentional injuries resulted in the deaths of 976 children under age 1, 1714 children ages 1 to 4, 1,283 children ages 5 to 9 and 1,553 children ages 10 to 14. - Among children under age 1, airway obstruction is the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death, followed by motor vehicle occupant injury, drowning, and fire and burns. - Among children ages 1 to 4, drowning is the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death, followed by motor vehicle occupant injury, pedestrian injury, fire and burns, and airway obstruction. - Among children ages 5 to 9, motor vehicle occupant injury is the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death, followed by pedestrian injury, drowning, fire and burns, and bicycle injury. - Among children ages 10 to 14, motor vehicle occupant injury is the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death, followed by pedestrian injury, drowning, fire and burns, and bicycle injury. Now, if you want to really get the fires rolling, that second website that I mentioned also indicates this in their fact sheets on guns (from this page) (Also note that in the section above firearms/guns are not mentioned for kids as leading causes of death) http://www.usa.safekids.org/tier3_cd_2c.cfm?content_item_id=25251&folder_id=540 ยท Each year, 67 children ages 14 years and under die from an unintentional gun shooting.[i] <#_edn1> ------------------------------ [i] <#_ednref1> National Center for Health Statistics. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Vital Statistics System. 2000-2004 mortality data. Hyattsville (MD): National Center for Health Statistics, 2007. Either way that you look the data -- the point remains the same. Why aren't we paying close attention to what is going on and what stats really matter? Simply because we all perceive things differently, and quite frankly, it is that perception that molds our outlook on life. To many people guns are very, very scary. They are used in robberies! They kill people! Oh no! And yet, as indicated below, guns are very relaxing to many more -- they are a part of a livelihood, and in many cases provide food for a family. I grew up in Alaska, USA. Anyone who goes out in the wild without a gun of any type is just stupid. You're asking to be removed from the gene pool. In all honesty, I think we have too many laws and restrictions in the USA. I don't believe that we should be making laws to the lowest common denominator. On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Robert Fischer < [email protected]> wrote: > > Casper Bang wrote: > > Spoken like a true American. The difference is of course pools serves > > a rather peaceful purpose involving swimming, relaxing and cooling > > off. No matter how you twist and turn it, guns are made to kill and > > the days of the wild west are long gone. > > > > Hunting is a peaceful purpose and a backbone of a lot of Americans' > culture. And given that we've > killed off an inordinate and disproportionate number of the natural > predators for large herbivores, > it's also necessary for the healthy maintenance of our forests and to > reduce damage to crops and > vehicles near those forests. > > Some weapons are clearly not hunting weapons, however, and your underlying > point stands for them. > But let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater by overgeneralizing on > this point. > > ~~ Robert Fischer. > Grails Training http://GroovyMag.com/training > Smokejumper Consulting http://SmokejumperIT.com > Enfranchised Mind Blog http://EnfranchisedMind.com/blog > > Check out my book, "Grails Persistence with GORM and GSQL"! > http://www.smokejumperit.com/redirect.html > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
