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Originally posted by Mobycat:
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Originally posted by Conundrum:
[b]Here's a better one.

2005, United States
Poisoning Deaths and Rates per 100,000
All Races, Both Sexes, All Ages
ICD-10 Codes: X40-X49,X60-X69,X85-X90,Y10-Y19,
Y35.2, *U01(.6,.7)




Number of
Deaths, Population, Crude Rate, Age-Adjusted Rate**
32,691 - 296,507,061 - 11.03 - 10.93

So ban all poisons as they kill Aprox. 11 People per 100,000. Almost triple the Firearm death rate above. :rolleyes:
Again...bogus comparison.

While I would venture that some of the poison deaths were intentional murders, I'd bet the farm that the *intentional* ones with poison come nowhere close to those of guns.[/b]
As usual you missed the point. This is the CDC's stats not mine. I didn't narrow the search I used all cases:
- All Intents The one I used
- Unintentional
- Violence-related
- Homicide and Legal intervention
- Homicide
- Legal Intervention
- Suicide
- Undetermined intent

Certainly if I poisoned you I did it intentionally even if you didn't die. That obviously would not be in these stats. Also not included would be wounding that is not mortal/fatal.

This is Death By () and the CDC's own stats show the minimal likelihood of dying by a "Firearm" with all intents included Vs. other methods of Death with all intents included.

I'll take that farm now. [ThumbsUp] laugh