The actual claim is something like this
The top five causes of death in the United States, in order, are tobacco, alcohol, medical malpractice, traffic and firearms. According to JAMA, doctors kill more people than auto accidents and guns.
Another website looks at the above claim and finds that they are comparing oranges to apples and with out any solid data. But then they do their own math and finds it could be true?
- There are 700,000 physicians in the United States.
- There are 120,000 accidental deaths in the United States caused by physicians every year, and the accidental death percentage per physician is 17.1%.
- There are 80 million gun owners in the United States.
- There are 1,500 accidental deaths from guns every year, regardless of age group, and the accidental death percentage per gun owner is 0.001875%.
This means, the letter points out, that doctors are 9,000 times more deadly than gun owners.
What is the actual statistics. Lets talk about current years. If data is not available, older data is acceptable.
Doctors? Hmmmmmmmm......I don't think...