Doctors and guns

[Lilli]

A friend sent me this email......
: DOCTORS
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 21:16:03 -0600


Doctors:
>
> A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.
> B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000.
> C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171. Statistics courtesy of
> U.S.
> Dept of Health Human services and is a conservative number.
>
> Now think about this:
>
> Guns:
>
> A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000. Yes, that is
> 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 0.0000188.
>
> 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 THE
> STATISTICS
> ON LAWYERS FOR FEAR THE SHOCK WOULD CAUSE PEOPLE TO PANIC AND
> SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.
>
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