Of all issues concerning Americans, more than the middle eastern wars, more
than 911, The "muslim threat" or the alien agenda; illegal or from outer
space, this is the number one pressing problem for Americans, right now. The
collective death rate from all of medicine combined is approx. anywheres
from 800,000 - 1,000,000 a year. Thats approx. 2200 - 2700 plus A DAY. And
this is from reported medical mistakes, many go unreported, for fear of
reprisal or lawsuit. The death rate in my mind is so high, its
incomprehensible, when you start to put it in perspective with other
yearly/daily death rates of varying causes.
I first heard of this inordinarily high death rate first from Dr Joel Wallach who
cited JAMA 2000 July issue that stated, "225000 deaths every year in
hospitals alone." So I started scouring the net and book stores for books on
the subject, as of 3 years ago, the 3 main sources for research were, JAMA
July 2000 article, "License to Kill" by Andrew Robbins and the Death by
Medicine article signed By Gary Null, Ph.D., PhD; Carolyn Dean MD, ND;
Martin Feldman, MD; Debora Rasio, MD; and Dorothy Smith, PhD
And to be clear these deaths are not from the disease they first signed into
the hospital for, they are deaths irrelevant from whatever ailment they had at
time. Staph infections, hospital mistakes, botched operations etc. Drs dirty
hands alone cause 250 deaths A DAY. That alone is far higher than the
collective deaths, per day in the middle east, where there is a war and they
are actually trying to kill each other. Medicine is supposed to heal, correct ?
Cause
Deaths Per Year
Guns
30,708
Suicides by firearm
18.000
Murders by firearm
14,000
Cigarettes/Smoking
440,000
Alcohol
75,000 - 100,000
Heart Disease*
500,000 - 831,272
Cancer*
559,888
Breast Cancer*
41,100
In hospital alone
225,000
* Its not indicated whether or not medical intervention caused the death or
not. Or if it was the disease alone. This is a wide gray area, that needs more
investigation.
http://silver.neep.wisc.edu/~lakes/iatrogenic.pdf
Death by Medicine
By Gary Null, Ph.D., PhD; Carolyn Dean MD, ND; Martin Feldman, MD; Debora
Rasio, MD; and Dorothy Smith, PhD
http://www.whale.to/a/null9.html
http://www.tincher.to/deaths.htm
"Older people's gun deaths are most likely to be suicides. Suicides typically
make up 56.5% of all gun deaths according to the Bureau Of Justice
Statistics. In fact, drugs and suicides account for more than 2 out of every 3
gun deaths in the US"
http://college.cengage.com/english/resources/research_guide/2e/resources/ca
se_study.html
"In 1998, 30,708 people in the United States died from firearm-related
deaths - 12,102 (39%) of those were murdered; 17,424 (57%) were suicides;
866 (3%) were accidents; and in 316 (1%) the intent was unknown.”
http://www.bradycampaign.org/facts/factsheets/?page=firefacts
"In 1998, 30,708 people in the United States died from firearm-related deaths
- 12,102 (39%) of those were murdered; 17,424 (57%) were suicides; 866
(3%) were accidents; and in 316 (1%) the intent was unknown [...] In
comparison, 33,651 Americans were killed in the Korean War and 58,193
Americans were killed in the Vietnam War."
http://www.bradycampaign.org/facts/factsheets/?page=firefacts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated 52,447
deliberate and 23,237 accidental non-fatal gunshot injuries in the United
States during 2000.[4] The majority of gun-related deaths in the United
States are suicides,[5] with firearms used in 16,907 suicides in the United
States during 2004.[6]"
" What's with the "30,000 Gun Deaths" per year number?
Since the recent Virginia Tech shootings, I've seen or read of 30,000 firearms
related deaths per year in the U.S., trotted out by the anti-gun, pro gun-
control talking heads.
I did a quick google search and can't seem to match that number:
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/topte...dentsfull.html
http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statinfo/odds.htm
http://www.anesi.com/accdeath.htm
states:
(The firearms accidents figure is an all-time low, even though the U.S.
population is at an all-time high, and gun ownership is at an all-time high.)
# 15% of all deaths from diseases of the respiratory system are attributed to
alcohol.
# 30% of all deaths from accidents caused by fire and flames are attributed
to alcohol.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6089353/
Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000 Americans each year and shortens the lives
of these people by an average of 30 years, a U.S. government study
suggested Thursday.
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/s/smoking/deaths.htm
Deaths from Smoking: 440,000 annual deaths each year are smoking-
associated (CDC)
http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/30
"# Claimed 831,272 lives in 2006 (final mortality) (34.3 percent of all deaths
or 1 of every 2.9 deaths).
# Other final 2006 mortality: total cancer 559,888; accidents 121,599; HIV
(AIDS) 12,113.
# Over 151,000 Americans killed by CVD in 2006 were under age 65."
- "A definitive review and close reading of medical peer-review journals, and
government health statistics shows that American medicine frequently
causes more harm than good. The number of people having in-hospital,
adverse drug reactions (ADR) to prescribed medicine is 2.2 million. Dr.
Richard Besser, of the CDC, in 1995, said the number of unnecessary
antibiotics prescribed annually for viral infections was 20 million. Dr. Besser,
in 2003, now refers to tens of millions of unnecessary antibiotics. The number
of unnecessary medical and surgical procedures performed annually is 7.5
million. The number of people exposed to unnecessary hospitalization
annually is 8.9 million. The total number of iatrogenic deaths shown in the
following table is 783,936. It is evident that the American medical system is
the leading cause of death and injury in the United States. The 2001 heart
disease annual death rate is 699,697; the annual cancer death rate,
553,251."
http://www.greatestherbsonearth.com/articles/jama_doctors.htm 7,000 --
medication errors in hospitals.
http://www.naturodoc.com/library/public_health/doctors_cause_death.htm
The U.S. health care system may contribute to poor health or death.
According to Dr. Barbara Starfield of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and
Public Health, 250,000 deaths per year are caused by medical errors, making
this the third-largest cause of death in the U.S., following heart disease and
cancer.
http://www.whale.to/a/null9.html#Table_1:_Estimated_Annual_Mortality_and_
Economic_Cost_of_Medical_Intervention
http://www.whale.to/a/null9.html#Table_1:_Estimated_Annual_Mortality_and_
Economic_Cost_of_Medical_Intervention
http://www.whale.to/a/null9.html#Table_1:_Estimated_Annual_Mortality_and_
Economic_Cost_of_Medical_Intervention The number of unnecessary medical
and surgical procedures performed annually is 7.5 million.3 The number of
people exposed to unnecessary hospitalization annually is 8.9 million.4 The
total number of iatrogenic deaths shown in the following table is 783,936. It is
evident that the American medical system is the leading cause of death and
injury in the United States. The 2001 heart disease annual death rate is
699,697; the annual cancer death rate, 553,251.5
Body Parts For Sale - Harvesting Body Parts - The arrests of rabbis who
trafficked body parts uncover more complicated issues.
http://www.slate.com/id/2223559/ ( How much you wanna bet this isnt a one
time thing ?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBlROow_TAw
http://rothkopf.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/07/24/a_rabbi_a_mayor_and_a_s
econd_hand_body_parts_salesman_walk_into_a_bar
http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/4AE3CF9D-8BE3-47B1-B55E-EA7D0942266C/
Attorney’s Oath of Office- “I do solemnly swear that I will support, protect and
defend the Constitution of the United States; that I will do no falsehood, or
consent that any be done in court and if I know of any I will give knowledge
thereof of the judges of the court, or some one of them, that it may be
reformed; I will not wittingly, willingly or knowingly promote, sue, or procure
to be sued, any false or unlawful suit, or give aid or consent to the same; I
will delay no person for lucre or malice, but will act in the office of attorney
according to my best learning and discretion, with all good fidelity as well to
the court as to my client, so help me God.”
"As few as 5% and no more than 20% of iatrogenic acts are ever reported.
(16,24,25,33,34) This implies that if medical errors were completely and
accurately reported, we would have an annual iatrogenic death toll much
higher than 783,936. In 1994, Leape said his figure of 180,000 medical
mistakes resulting in death annually was equivalent to three jumbo-jet
crashes every two days.(16) Our considerably higher figure is equivalent to
six jumbo jets are falling out of the sky each day. "