Hi, I just love bad reporting of statistics. It's one of my favorite topics. One example http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/peter_donnelly_shows_how_stats_fool_juries.html
Enjoy, Kirk PS, it maybe best to shut this thread down before it poisons the list. Ryan Waterer wrote: > 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 > <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 > <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] > <mailto:[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. 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