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Gun Control & RKBA

beevul

(12,194 posts) Fri Feb 26, 2016, 01:32 PM Feb 2016

From the CDC... [View all]

National vital statistics reports.

Deaths: Final; data for 2013.

The top 15 causes of death, in order, are:

1.Heart disease – 611,105
2.Malignant neoplasms (cancer) – 584,881
3.Chronic lower respiratory diseases – 149,205
4.Accidents (unintentional injuries) – 130,557
5.Cerebrovascular diseases - 128,978
6.Alzheimer’s – 84,767
7.Diabetes – 75,578
8.Flu and pneumonia – 56,979
9.Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis – 47,112
10.Suicide – 41,149
11.Septicemia - 38,156
12.Liver disease & cirrhosis – 36,427
13.Hypertension – 30,770
14.Parkinson’s – 25,196
15.Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids 18,579

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_02.pdf

Shooting doesn't seem to make the top 15.

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From the CDC... [View all] beevul Feb 2016 OP

Banning guns because of shootings... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #1

But anonymous internet posters sarisataka Feb 2016 #2

That' strange as they list: All firearm deaths Number of deaths: 33,636 jmg257 Feb 2016 #3

Keyword being 'cause'. N/T beevul Feb 2016 #4

Ah - gotcha. "Shooting" is only mentioned once in the whole report. jmg257 Feb 2016 #5

Also from the CDC russ1943 Feb 2016 #6

"Objectionable" beevul Feb 2016 #7

An attempt to enlighten a gun enthusiast is futility defined. russ1943 Feb 2016 #9

Would it somehow be better if gun suicides used other methods to do themselves in... friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 #10

"An attempt to enlighten a gun enthusiast is futility defined." pablo_marmol Feb 2016 #12

Reading is fundamental, russel. beevul Feb 2016 #14

warped jimmy the one Mar 2016 #17

"Gun control advocates only ever express concern about suicide when guns are involved" friendly_iconoclast Mar 2016 #18

So much bla bla bla, so little substance. beevul Mar 2016 #19

re your repugnant position jimmy the one Mar 2016 #20

Repugnant only to those that presume they have some binding interest in the lives of others. beevul Mar 2016 #21

Here's some "futility" from Webster's def. of "epidemic"... Eleanors38 Mar 2016 #15

+1. You have demonstrated that pious fraud is part and parcel of gun control advocacy friendly_iconoclast Mar 2016 #16

Strangely when Europe looks at US firearm deaths sarisataka Feb 2016 #8

Gun control advocates only ever express concern about suicide when guns are involved... friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 #11

That's NRA TALKING POINTS™ virginia mountainman Feb 2016 #13