Received this email this morning

Quite observant! Give it much thought and it could be quite scary!



Subject: FW: Ironic
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 08:50:03 -0500


The number of physicians in the US is 700,000.




Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year is 120,000.



Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.

(US Dept. of Health & Human Services)



Now consider this:



The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000.



The number of accidental gun deaths per year is 1,500.



The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .0000188.



Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous Than gun owners.


Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors before this gets out of hand.



As a public health measure, I have withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear that the shock could cause people to seek medical attention