To: fortunecookie
50,000 a year in a small place like Scotland? OMG. That is sick. I think the 50,000 number is for the NHS for the entire UK. But, when you consider that the UK population is around 62 million, that is an incredible amount of avoidable deaths.
44 posted on
07/31/2010 5:57:20 PM PDT by
wagglebee
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To: wagglebee
I think the 50,000 number is for the NHS for the entire UK. But, when you consider that the UK population is around 62 million, that is an incredible amount of avoidable deaths.LOL, I meant UK, not just Scotland, but the point remains, with the population at 62 million, that's a lot of avoidable deaths!
45 posted on
07/31/2010 6:06:58 PM PDT by
fortunecookie
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