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Doctors and guns

diver-rigdiver-rig Member Posts: 6,338 ✭✭✭✭
edited February 2011 in General Discussion
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)

Now think about this: Guns:

a. The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000.

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 0.000188.

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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  • diver-rigdiver-rig Member Posts: 6,338 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I Found this on the internet, can`t remember where. Found it interesting.
    DOCTORS AND GUN FACTS


    THINK ABOUT THIS:

    * THE NUMBER OF PHYSICIANS IN THE U.S. IS 700,000.

    * ACCIDENTAL DEATHS CAUSED BY PHYSICIANS PER YEAR IS
    120,000

    * ACCIDENTAL DEATHS PER PHYSICIAN IS 0.171. (U.S. DEPT
    OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES)

    THEN THINK ABOUT THIS:

    * THE NUMBER OF GUN OWNERS IN THE U.S. IS 80,000,000

    * THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTAL GUN DEATHS PER YEAR IS
    1,500 (ALL AGE GROUPS).

    * THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTAL GUN DEATHS PER GUN
    OWNER IS .OOOO188.

    STATISTICALLY, DOCTORS ARE APPROXIMATELY 9,000
    TIMES MORE

    DANGEROUS THAN GUN OWNERS.

    FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE
    HAS A

    DOCTOR.

    PLEASE ALERT YOUR FRIENDS TO THIS ALARMING THREAT.
    WE MUST BAN DOCTORS BEFORE THIS GETS OUT OF HAND.
    AS A PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURE I HAVE WITHHELD THE
    STATISTICS ON LAWYERS FOR FEAR THAT THE SHOCK
    COULD CAUSE PEOPLE TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION!
  • diver-rigdiver-rig Member Posts: 6,338 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    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 and Human Services.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    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

    .000188.

    Statistics courtesy of FBI


    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    So, 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.
    This means you are over 900 times more likely to be killed by a doctor as by a gun owner!!!

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    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 withheld the statistics on

    lawyers

    for fear the shock would cause

    people to panic and seek medical attention!
  • diver-rigdiver-rig Member Posts: 6,338 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    These figures are accurate and easily checked--vary year to year but
    are always close.

    1. The number of physicians in the US is 700,000.
    2. Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000.
    3. Accidental deaths per physician are 0.171.
    (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)

    Then - think about this:
    1. The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000.
    2. The number of accidental gun deaths per year is 1,500.
    3. The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is . 0000188.

    Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous
    than gun owners.

    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 out of hand.

    As a public health measure I have withheld the statistics on lawyers
    for fear that the shock could cause people to
    seek medical attention.

    [8D]

    Fight Crime, Shoot First
  • diver-rigdiver-rig Member Posts: 6,338 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A friend sent me this via email. Not sure how legitimate it is, it's Interesting though.

    Physicians vs. Gun Owners.

    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) Now think about this.

    Gun Owners:

    a. The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000.
    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 0.000188.

    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 onlawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical
    attention
  • diver-rigdiver-rig Member Posts: 6,338 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    WHAT WE ALL SHOULD KNOW.....
    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.

    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 .000188.

    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 doctor s 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.
  • diver-rigdiver-rig Member Posts: 6,338 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    WHAT WE ALL SHOULD KNOW.....
    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.

    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 .000188.

    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 doctor s 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.
  • 4627046270 Member Posts: 12,627
    edited November -1
    thats good, but I would love to hear the lawyer.
    one friend is a lawyer, I give him hell every time I see him.,
  • diver-rigdiver-rig Member Posts: 6,338 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This is just a joke email sent to me from my mommy.[:D]
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