The Women Warriors

Lilly · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:58 am Post subject: Physicians vs Guns

This came in my email box, i thought I would share it with you.
Lilly

Physicians:

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. (Statistic courtesy of U.S. Department of HHS

GUNS

a. The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000
b. The number of accidental deaths per year (all ages 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 the fear the shock would cause people to seek medical
attention from doctors)