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In reply to the discussion: I'm all for a total ban on semi-automatic guns [View all]Flatulo
(5,005 posts)is dead last (pun intended) among the top 15 causes of death in the United States. You're 3X more likely to die from the flu or some other accident.
Data is for the year 2009.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_03.pdf
Relax, have a beer and a cigar, enjoy your life. I do.
1. Diseases of heart (heart disease) 599,413
2. Malignant neoplasms (cancer) 567,628
3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 137,353
4. Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) 128,842
5. Accidents (unintentional injuries) 118,021
6. Alzheimers disease 79,003
7. Diabetes mellitus (diabetes) 68,705
8. Influenza and pneumonia 53,692
9. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (kidney disease) 48,935
10. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 36,909
11. Septicemia 35,639
12. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 30,558
13. Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease (hypertension) 25,734
14. Parkinsons disease 25,565
15. Assault (homicide) 16,799