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[Rick Lange]

Michael,

How could each physician cause 17.14% of accidental deaths caused by
physicians each year?  That would mean there are only 6 physicians in the
whole county!  I personally know more than 6 physicians.

It seems to me, your statistics are lying.

Rick


On Thu, September 29, 2005 10:18 am, michael meltzer said:
> Doctors:
>
> (A) The number of 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
>
> Guns:
>
> (A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. 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
>
> So statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000
> times more dangerous
> than
> gun owners. Remember, guns don't kill people, doctors
> do.
>
> FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS
> AT LEAST ONE
> DOCTOR.
>
> Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We
> must ban doctors
> before this gets completely out of hand!!!
>
> 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
>
>
>
> --
> A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost.
> She lowered her
> altitude
> and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him,
> "Excuse me, can
> you
> help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour
> ago, but I don't
> know
> where I am."
>
> The man consulted his portable GPS and replied,
> "You're in a hot air
> balloon
> approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346
> feet above sea
> level.
> You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude
> and 100 degrees,
> 49.09
> minutes west longitude."
>
> She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a
> Democrat."
>
> "I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"
>
> "Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told
> me is technically
> correct, but I have no idea what to do with your
> information, and I'm
> still
> lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."
>
> The man smiled and responded, "You must be a
> Republican."
>
> "I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"
>
> "Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or
> where you're
> going.
> You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity
> of hot air. You
> made
> a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you
> expect me to solve
> your
> problem. You're in exactly the same position you were
> in before we met
> but,
> somehow, now it's my fault."
>
>
> --
> We did not inherit this earth from our ancestors, we
> borrow it from our
> children.
> ~Native American Proverb
>
> "Still, if you will not fight for the right when you
> can easily win
> without
> bloodshed, if you will not fight when your victory
> will be sure and not
> too
> costly, you may come to the moment when you will have
> to fight with all
> the
> odds against you and only a precarious chance of
> survival. There may
> even be
> a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no
> hope of victory,
> because it is better to perish than live as slaves."
> ~Winston Churchill
>
> "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing
> because he could
> only
> do a little."
> ~Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
>
>
>
>
>
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