Interesting fatality figures

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Hi All,

 

Interesting fatality figures from Jim Duke's herb course:

See: http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/syllabus/module15.htm

 

Table of Fatalities (Rounded no. of fatalities/no. people involved with

procedure

or medicine or herb)

 

Other estimates (food poisoning, murder, based on total population of 250

million.

 

Herbs 1/1,000,000 (JAD)

Supplements 1/1,000,000 (JAD based on tryptophan)

Mushroom Poisonings 1/100,000 (JAD)

Food Poisoning 1/25,000 (CSPI) NSAIDS 1/10,000 (CMR)

Murders 1/10,000 (WTOP)

Surgery in Hospital 1/10,000 (JAMA)

Car Crashes 1/5,000 (JAD)

Improper Taking of Medication 1/2,000 (JAD)

Angiograms 1/1,000 (JAD)

Medicine (even in hospital) 1/1,000 (JAMA)

Alcohol 1/500 (JAD)

Cigarettes 1/500 (JAD)

Medical Mishaps 1/250 (AARP)

Iatrogenic hospital infections 1/80 (JAD)

Bypass Operations 1/20 (JAD)

 

 

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