Facts to ponder:
(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.
( Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year are 120,000.
© Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.
Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services.
Now think about this: Guns:
(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is ,000,000. (Yes, that's million.)
( The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500.
© The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .000188.
Statistics courtesy of the FBI.
So, statistically, doctors are approximat