Docs are more riskier than guns!

[steroid.com 1]

I got this from Dr. John Crisler; it's priceless!

accidental death statistics
(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 and Human Services.

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Now think about this:
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

.0000188

Statistics courtesy of FBI

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So, statistically, 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 doctor.
This means you are over 9,000 times more likely to be killed by a doctor as by a gun owner!!!

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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, we withheld the statistics on
lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention.

[GirlyGymRat]

I need to put this on my fb. Thx for sharing!

[MickeyKnox]

Thats priceless! And alarming at the same time..lol

Funny how i have never seen that ratio/example used anywhere, its not even on the NRA website? I may have to email it to them.

[ZenFitness]

This is hilarious and eyebrow raising!

I did a quick Google search and found an interesting discussion on this topic here (clicky).

It wouldn't be outrageous to say that the rates of accidental death across several health systems seem to be between 0.1% and 0.4% of hospital admissions (compared to the numbers used in the original question in the USA, this is equivalent to a range of about 30,000- greater than 120,000 deaths).

So, in summary, it is hard to estimate the number of avoidable deaths in hospitals exactly, but it is likely to be large and is probably one of the top ten causes of death.