Doctors

[Guest tnmale46]

(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.

>( Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are

> 120,000.

>© Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.

>Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health Human Services.

>

> Now think about this:

> Guns:

> (A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000.

> (Yes, that's 80 million..)

> ( The number of accidental gun deaths per year,all age groups,is

>1,500.

>

> © The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .000188.

>

> Statistics courtesy of FBI

>

> So, 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 fear the shock would cause people to panic and

> seek medical attention.

[Guest bkelm18]

I've seen this probably a bajillion times. I don't remember seeing any actual documentation on it though.

[DRM]

Counting the # of doctors isn't really an applicable comparison - it would be more applicable to count the # of VISITS (since there is the opportunity for one death per visit.

Let's assume each of those 70,000 doctors sees a paltry 14 patients per day (2 per hour for 7 hours), 5 days per week, 48 weeks per year (they take a month off). That comes out to 235,200,000 (yes that is 235 MILLION).

Which works out to be .000510

And when compared to .188, we are really only talking about it being 3x more likely.

Which, in reality, is not all that impressive - especially considering that "not everyone has a gun, but almost everyone sees a doctor".

But lets not get all mixed up with facts or anything...

[Guest tnmale46]

geez i just thought it was funny

[TripleDigitRide]

Guns are far more likely to kill doctors than doctors killing guns.

[ShaunM]

I have read that and seen it before, still kinda funny.