Doctors More Dangerous Than Guns!!

A reader sends the following alert: <br />n<br />nDoctors More Dangerous Than Guns!!… <br />n<br />n<br />nDoctors:<br />n(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.<br />n(B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year is 120,000.<br />n(C) Accidental deaths per physician are 0.171. <br />n(Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept. of Health Human Services. )<br />n<br />n<br />nGuns:<br />n(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000. Yes, that is 80 million.<br />n(B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500. <br />n(C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.000188.<br />n<br />n<br />nStatistically, 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.<br />n<br />n<br />nPlease 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 fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention.