Carl N. Brown
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Trying to get to THR this morning, I was distracted by this news crawl on the home page on my wife's computer: Drug poisoning deaths hit record; Kill thousands more than guns
The big increase in poisoning deaths is attributed to overdose by
methadone when used as a substitute for oxycotin as a painkiller or
as a recreational drug.
The statistic pages with the article show:
The firearms stat is a combination of all firearms deaths including
suicides, homicides and accidents. I suspect that the other stats
lump suicides, homicides and accidents together; most gun deaths are
suicides. Expect to hear about 30,694 gun murders or 30,694 gun
accidents in the coming weeks or 84 kids a day dying from guns without
trigger locks or microstamped firing chambers.
Remember the total number of deaths each year in the USA is
over 2,000,000 -- greater than the populations of Luxemborg
and Lichenstein combined. Not because we have a third of a
billion population, but because we have guns.
Drug Poisoning Deaths on the Rise
By Kathleen Fackelmann,USA Today
Posted: 2008-04-03 10:23:59
Filed Under: Health News, Nation News
(April 3) -- Poisoning continues to be the second-leading cause of injury
deaths in the USA, outstripping deaths caused by firearms for the second
year in a row, a federal report says.
Drugs are responsible for most of the increase in poisoning deaths, a
researcher said.
For 40 years, deaths caused by car crashes and firearms have topped the
list of injury deaths in the USA. Poisoning edged into the No. 2 position
in 2004, and the report shows the trend continues for 2005, the latest
year for which numbers are available. The report is published in the
March Health E-Stats.
Death rates for automobile accidents and firearms did not change much from
1999 to 2005, but the latest analysis shows that the rates for fatal
poisonings increased at a dramatic pace and that narcotic drugs are
responsible for the majority of the increase. .....
Source: USA Today
The big increase in poisoning deaths is attributed to overdose by
methadone when used as a substitute for oxycotin as a painkiller or
as a recreational drug.
The statistic pages with the article show:
Code:
Leading Causes Of Fatal Injuries in 2005 USA
Rank: Cause: Deaths:
1 Auto accidents 43,667
2 Poisoning 32,691
3 Firearms 30,694
4 Falls 20,426
5 Suffocation 13,920
suicides, homicides and accidents. I suspect that the other stats
lump suicides, homicides and accidents together; most gun deaths are
suicides. Expect to hear about 30,694 gun murders or 30,694 gun
accidents in the coming weeks or 84 kids a day dying from guns without
trigger locks or microstamped firing chambers.
Remember the total number of deaths each year in the USA is
over 2,000,000 -- greater than the populations of Luxemborg
and Lichenstein combined. Not because we have a third of a
billion population, but because we have guns.