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To: puborectalis who wrote (173350)8/21/2001 11:30:26 PM
From: Thomas A Watson  Respond to of 769670
 
Well I'd say these figure from 1995 would extrapolate to today with similar ratios.* 1995 Fatal Accident Totals

Motor Vehicles 43,900
Falls 12,600
Poisonings 10,600
Drownings 4,500
Fires 4,100
Choking 2,800
Firearm 1,400 (1.5% of fatal accidents)

* For Children 14 and Under

Motor Vehicles 3,059
Drownings 1,024
Fires 883
Choking 213
Firearm 181 (2.7% of fatal accidents)
Falls 127
Poisonings 80

Does Johns Hopkins Children's Center think about water safety, Fire safety or even choking safety.

Source Cited: The National Center for Health Statistics.

tom watson tosiwmee



To: puborectalis who wrote (173350)8/22/2001 12:42:11 AM
From: ThirdEye  Respond to of 769670
 
I wonder where that figure of 98K accidental deaths caused each year by doctors came from. If it was accurate, I can't imagine how a patient's bill of rights could ever make it through congress without the right to sue.


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