This is a head scratcher

[blackguns]

(cut and paste from an e-mail, sorry about the formatting)

(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.

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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..)

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(B) The number of accidental gun deaths

per year, all age groups,

is 1,500.

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(C) The number of accidental deaths

per gun owner is .000188.

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.

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Please alert your friends

to this alarming threat.

We must ban doctors before this gets completely out of hand!!!!!

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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

 

[Brian Williams]

It has been around for a while, interesting facts.

 

[Third_Rail]

How close are those numbers, though? I seem to recall that they're a bit skewed.

 

[Justin]

This is waaaaay old and has been discussed here several times.