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re: food for thought



>  From: Thomas Emberson <thomas@xxxxxxx>, on 03/27/2000 22:35:
>  EMT's and doctors are among the worst when it comes to people
>  > who tell motorcycle horror stories to drive people away from the
>  > hobby.  Whenever I hear one of these guys yapping, I hand them
>  > this:
>  >
>  > Number of physicians in the U.S. - 700,000
>  >      Accidental deaths caused/year - 98,000
>  >      Accidental deaths/per Doctor - 0.14
>  >
>  >      Number of motorcycles in the U.S. - 4,000,000
>  >      Accidental deaths/year - 2,000
>  >      Accidental deaths per bike - 0.0005
>  >
>  >      Therefore, doctors are approximately 280 times more
>  > dangerous than motorcycles! (NCOM NEWS & NOTES)

Interesting data. In an effort to validate it, I've found the complete 1997
data for deaths in the U.S. (later data isn't finalized yet). I haven't read it
yet, but for anyone else interested, here's the URL:

	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvs47_19.pdf

FWIW,

	"Jedi Dawg"  Jim Huber
	Spring, Texas, USA
	'00 blue ST

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