Current CDC Death Stats

thefiringline ^ | 02-10-02 | D.W. Drang

[backhoe]

The CDC's Figures for 1998, most recent available:
Type of Accident/Total
All Automobile/41,200
Falls/16,600
Poisoning by solids, liquids/8,400
Pedestrian/5,220
Drowning/4,100
Fires, burns/3,700
Suffocation by ingested object/3,200
Firearms/900
Poisoning by gases, vapors/600
All other causes/13,500
TOTAL/92,200

(Edited at 1:11 AM, Sunday 10 Feb)I've uploaded (in a seperate message) an Excel file I made up, based on the CDC's stats.
If 9 kids a day are dying of firearms related accidents, the CDC is seriously underreporting.
Here are some other CDC stats:
Firearm Mortality
(All figures are for U.S.)

Annual Firearm Deaths: 30,708 (1998)
Age-Adjusted Death Rate: 11.3 deaths per 100,000 population (1998)
Death Rate for Males Ages 15-19: 28.0 deaths per 100,000 population (1998)
Death Rate for Black Males Ages 15-19: 75.5 deaths per 100,000 population (1998)
Firearm Suicide Deaths: 6.4 per 100,000 population (1998)
Fire(arms?) Homicide Deaths: 4.5 per 100,000 population (1998)
Source: National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 48, No. 11

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/firearms.htm

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Here's that Excel spreadsheet with the CDC statistics. (Hope it works this time. Failed to upload the first time, didn't work the voodoo right, I guyess I should stop using the cut-rate chicken guts... )

Attachment: accident stats.xls

[backhoe]

What baffles and enrages me about the whole "13 Kids a Day" fraud is that it is rather widely known to be a hustle, yet the reporters who cover this stuff never seem to challenge those who propagate this lie.