Shocking Statistics

[Bob3]

a. The number of physicians in the US is 700,000.
b. Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year is 120,000.
c. Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171. (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)
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Then think about this:
a. The number of gun owners in the US 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 . 0000188.
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Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.
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 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.


(with apologies to Bill & Ernie)

 

[DivePartner1]

Yeah, I need to lighten up. Right, a joke.

 

[Dryglove]

So you are 9000 times more likely to be killed by a doctor than by a gun.Now i finally realize why i never go to the doctors Thanks bob!! Now just imagine doctors that are also gun owners, scary

 

[Cave Diver]

DivePartner1 once bubbled...
I can't buy into medical malpractice as a bigger problem than violent crime. And doctors providing a needed service in good faith are not comparable to violent miscreants.

Psssssst, you DID notice this was the humor section didnt you??

 

[scuberd]

thats why one needs to avoid the doctor, but have lots of guns. It's safer all around that way

 

[Jonathan]

what about the number of non accidental gun deaths? That should make some interesting reading....

 

[AzAtty]

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

Nah. The lawyers are protecting you from those evil doctors...for a fee, of course.

 

[King_Neptune]

That so called [red]FEE[/red] just happens to be an "ARM and a LEG" ... So you're right back at the doctors now aren't ya?

Why do I get the feeling that you're gonna get the ol Proverbial Shaft no matter what you do? hehe

:mission:

KN

 

[Crispy]

According to the little ticker on the bottom of the screen on CNN during G.W.'s speech on malpractice award reform. The average jury award for a med malpractice claim is $3.5 million , but the average amount recieved by the "victim" is less than $40,000..... Who's killing who?

Why wouldn't an atty bring suit, what have they really got to lose?

-Crispy