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Old April 20th 04, 02:22 PM
Al Patrick
 
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Brian,

Who said that all of it was "surgery" ? You are the only one who used
that term. Some is misdiagnosis. Some is accidentally giving the wrong
medications. I'm sure there are other factors.

Al

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Brian Denley wrote:

Al Patrick wrote:


"Number of physicians in the US = 700,000
Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year = 120,000
Accidental deaths per physician = 0.171

Number of gun owners in the US = 80,000,000
Number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups) = 1,500
Accidental deaths per gun owner = 0.0000188

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



Al



That's great: You just proved that surgery is more dangerous than walking
down the street. I had no idea!