----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 4:57 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Quanta
> > > > On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Tony Firshman wrote: snip > 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 (all age groups) is 1,500. > c. The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.000188. > > Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than > gun owners. now please compare the number of deaths leaving out the word "accidental" All the best - Bill ( ps to our American cousins, no offence meant )
