Guns vs Doctors

[rosencrantz23]

Given:

• The number of doctors in the US: 700,000
• Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year: 120,000

and therefore


• Accidental deaths per physician: 17.14%

(Statistics courtesy of the US Department of Health & Human
Services)

And Furthermore, given:

• The number of gun owners in the US: 80,000,000
• The number of accidental gun deaths per year

Comments

[infintysquared]

Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics. But seriously, I'm behind you on this one. Go tell kragcarbine, he'll appreciate the rhetoric, and he's a witty cartoonist to boot.

[infintysquared]

Er, krag_carbine, my mistake. Sorry!

[brownkitty]

How many guns have saved people from the effects of doctors, as opposed to doctors saving people from the effects of guns?

[aunighthawk]

no people are going to die on this doctor's table :P