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Doctors Versus Gun Owners: Deadly
Statistics Here are the
statistics about doctors:
- The number of physicians in
the US is 700,000
- There are 120,000
physician-caused accidental deaths per year
- Accidental deaths per
physician is 0.171
(Source: U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services)
Here are the statistics about gun
owners:
- The number of gun owners in
the US is 80,000,000
- There are 1,500 accidental gun
deaths per year (all age groups)
- The number of accidental
deaths per gun owner is .0000188
First conclusion:
Doctors are statistically 9,096
times more likely to kill you than gun owners.
Second conclusion:
Perhaps the National Rifle
Association should be in charge of granting medical degrees.
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Considering that not everyone
owns a gun, but almost everyone has a doctor, you might want to inform
your friends about this deadly threat.
Use the "Email this
link" tool at the upper left to let them know.
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Edited
and adapted
from an anonymous email forwarded
by the inductively electrostatic Terry G.
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