Re: [Marxism] US a Sick Society

[chegitz guevara <absynthe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, obviously we should stop fighting for universal health care then.

These are highly misleading statistics.

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 10:52 AM,  <sabocat59@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FKA/is_6_63/ai_78476942/
>
> The stats for this are a few years old but the ratios are probably still 
> valid. Bearing in mind the issue of chronic underreportage of deaths caused 
> by pharmaceuticals,  the ratios below should be viewed as extremely 
> conservative. In other words, the reality of the situation is much worse.
>
> Number of physicians in the U.S. =
> 700,000
>
> Accidental deaths caused by physicians/year
> = 120,000 Ratio: .171
>
> Number of gun owners in US =
> 80,000,000
>
> Number of accidental gun deaths/year
> = 1500 Ratio: .0000188
>
> Conclusion: physicians are approximately 9000 times more dangerous than guns.
>
>
>
> Greg McD
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