Although it is clearly a distasteful subject, it is important people understand the truth behind the debates on such things as gun control, terrorism, homicides and other deaths in the
From the tragic Newtown murders to the Boston
marathon, headlines and sound bites paint a dismal picture of being safe in America . You might think you need a police escort to
get our kids to school or go to the grocery store. But is that really the case?
Here are several
categories of deaths in America
based on multiple public data bases. I am
extrapolating all categories to cover the years from September 11, 2001 until September
11, 2013, a period of 12 years.
Total Deaths in America - 9/11/01 - 9/11/13
Terrorism
Terrorism
19
Homicides
Firearm
homicides
132,000
Firearm
suicides 232,800
Murder
by suffocation
6,528
Murder
by fire 1,068
Murder
by poisoning
950
Murder
by drowning 625
Medical
Heart
disease 7,825,092
Cancer 6,711,744
Stroke
1,746,948
Chronic
Lower Respiratory
1,571,196
Accidents 1,404,000
Bedsores 1,380,000
Hospital
Infections 1,056,000
Malnutrition
1,305,600
Prescription
overdose 1,272,000
Medical
malpractice 1,176,000
Outpatient
malpractice 2,388,000
Unnecessary
procedures 945,632
Surgery
Related 384,000
Alcohol
abuse 960,000
Illegal
drugs 113,148
*Marijuana
abuse
0
Automobiles 460,000
*Abortions 14,400,000
*Marijuana overdose alone
has not been a cause of death
**Note abortions legal under
current law
Remember these are the
total deaths in the 12 years since 9-11. Consider the numbers and then consider the
news media coverage of deaths in America . No matter how you add it up, deaths from
terrorism and urban gun deaths, which dominate all media, are far exceeded by
multiple forms of medical malpractice and legal drug overdoses.
In fact of the 25 death or
life termination categories only seven have fewer deaths than using a firearm
to commit a homicide and one is terrorism with only 19 deaths in 12 years, the
fewest of any category.
Ironically, there are
seventeen categories with more deaths and medical related deaths far exceed
those from firearm homicides and terrorism. Note that during the 12 year period the US has spent
more than a trillion dollars on Homeland Security and trillions more fighting
wars in support of counter-terrorism.
The other interesting fact
is the government actually admits that there has never been a death from a marijuana
overdose. Other legal and illegal drugs
or alcohol are always present in victims.
Clearly media coverage is
distorted and heavily favors terrorism (the Boston Marathon) and urban homicide
(Trevor Martin-Zimmerman case) in order to make sure the news continues to keep
the spotlight on the lucrative and ratings driven terrorism and murder categories.
With the overwhelming
number of deaths related to medical malpractice, prescription drug overdose and
related categories of unnecessary deaths, the absence of media and political
focus is blatantly obvious.
Wake up America ! Your greatest risk of being killed
unnecessarily in America comes from your doctors, hospitals and medical clinics,
not guns, terrorists, illegal drugs or even wars.
So how tuned in are you to
the truth? Here is the latest Gallup poll on the most trusted professions in America . Note the top three are all medical. Yet the very same group of trusted categories
dominate the cause of death statistics.
Hummmm.
Honesty/Ethics in Professions
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