Thursday, May 03, 2007

STATISTICS

Physicians: 1. The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.
2. Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000.
3. Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.

(Statistics courtesy of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)

Guns: 1. The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000. (Yes that's 80 million!)
2. The number of accidental gun deaths per gun owner is 1500.
3. The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .000188.
(Statistics courtesy of the FBI)

So, statistically, doctors are approximately 9000 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, we have withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear that the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention!

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