Interesting Facts

glockman55 · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:44 am Post subject: Interesting Facts

Doctors:

(A) The number of medical doctors in the U.S. is 700,000.
(B) Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year are 120,000.
(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 17.14%.

Statistics courtesy of the U.S.Dept of Health & Human Services

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Guns:

(A) The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000 (yes, that's 80 million).
(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 0.001875%

Statistics courtesy of the FBI

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So statistically, medical doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous
than gun owners.
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Remember, guns don't kill people, doctors do.
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FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE MEDICAL
DOCTOR.
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Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban medical
doctors before this gets completely out of hand!!!
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Out of concern for the public at large, I have withheld statistics on
lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical
attention. Laughing

Gil Martin · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:32 pm Post subject: Re: Interesting Facts

Good post! I have worked in health care since 1973 and some of those folks scare me. As a side note, I believe the answer to item (C) is .17%. All the best...
Gil

glockman55 · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:42 pm Post subject: Re: Interesting Facts

My Wife works in the Health field too, I'm glad she has a sense of humor. I sure didn't mean it in a bad way, just wanted to show how responsible gun owners are.

Jerry