Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Anyone Know the Source?

JPFO posted this back on New Years Day. I've been trying to find sources and not having much luck.
I know the numbers look like values I've seen before, but that doesn't mean they're right.  I mean, 195,000 deaths from medical errors?  How is that even defined? I'm suspicious of 529,000 deaths due to tobacco use: the biggest numbers I've heard are closer to 450,000, and I was suspicious of that. 

Anybody know about this?  Dates?  Better source description than just "CDC, FBI, US Federal Government"? 

 "In God we trust;  all others provide references". 



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  1. Angus McThagJanuary 8, 2013 at 11:24 PM

    Aren't tobacco deaths always along the lines of, "heart attack, also a smoker."

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  2. drjimJanuary 9, 2013 at 1:17 AM

    Why not just email the JPFO and ask?

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2013 at 3:40 AM

    If I remember correctly, this graph was more designed to keep kids from smoking, because I swear I saw this in my health class back in high school, or something close to it with disproprotionate number of tobacco deaths compared to everything else.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2013 at 8:34 PM

    What Bubba Knows had this up today, which has sourced numbers:
    Today’s Gun-Control Fact
    http://whatbubbaknows.info/?p=8464

    It refers to this
    http://gunowners.org/fs0404.htm

    Sorry not the same numbers, but that's all I've found that seems useful so far.

    Jim

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    1. SiGraybeardJanuary 10, 2013 at 9:09 PM

      Thanks for the effort - the GOA stats are useful for sure. I saved that page off to my drive to go over it.


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