How many people die from mistakes in Canada or the UK

• The U.S. ranks last out of 19 developed countries in preventable deaths in hospitals.
• You are 33,000 times more likely to die from a hospital error than a plane crash.
• 1 in 5 patients in the U.S. suffer harm from medical errors.
• 7,000 people are killed each year by medication errors - giving the wrong pill or too much of the right pill.
• 1.7 million infections are contracted in the hospital each year.