Terrorism vs. normal stuff in the USA
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( Why don't we have a "war" on these things instead? )
A few minutes on Google, and you can dig out the mortality rate stats for the USA without much trouble. (e.g. from the National Centre for Health Statistics I found the top ten causes of death for the USA for 2001)
Cause Deaths
Heart Disease 700,142
Cancer 553,768
Stroke 163,538
Chronic lower respiratory diseases 123,013
Accidents (unintentional injuries) 101,537
Diabetes 71,372
Influenza/Pneumonia 62,034
Alzheimer's disease 53,852
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis 39,480
Septicemia 32,238
While you're here, you also might like to look at The REAL threat to Americans.
They're all pretty dull aren't they? No death by Anthrax, Death by Mad Muslims, Death by Dirty Bombs, Deaths by Evil Terrorists out to exterminate us all etc. etc. People might be a lot more likely to stay alive a bit longer by doing really mundane things like walking to the shop instead of driving, or by doing a bit more exercise. Look at the top cause of death. Is that due to terrorism? Not really. But George and Tony and the mass media would have you believe that we're not safe, that they're working their bums off to keep us free from the terrorist threat. |
