My aunt sent me this, and I thought it was funny.
>A little something to ponder over...
>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 & Human Services)
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>Then think about this:
>a. The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000 (yes, eighty-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 .0000188.
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>Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.
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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 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.