Doctors and Guns
Number of physicians in the US : 700,000
Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year: 120,000
Accidental deaths per physician: 0.171
Number of gun owners in US: 80,000,000
Number of accidental gun deaths per year: 1,500 (all age groups)
Accidental gun deaths per gun owner: 0.0000188
Statistically doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous
than gun owners
FACT: not everyone has a gun but everyone has at least one doctor
Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year: 120,000
Accidental deaths per physician: 0.171
Number of gun owners in US: 80,000,000
Number of accidental gun deaths per year: 1,500 (all age groups)
Accidental gun deaths per gun owner: 0.0000188
Statistically doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous
than gun owners
FACT: not everyone has a gun but everyone has at least one doctor
