"ABSTRACT Objective: To estimate the relative number of deaths in member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from international terrorism and road crashes.
Methods: Data on deaths from international terrorism (US State Department database) were collated (1994–2003) and compared to the road injury deaths (year 2000 and 2001 data) from the OECD International Road Transport Accident Database.
Results: In the 29 OECD countries for which comparable data were available, the annual average death rate from road injury was approximately 390 times that from international terrorism. The ratio of annual road to international terrorism deaths (averaged over 10 years) was lowest for the United States at 142 times. In 2001, road crash deaths in the US were equal to those from a September 11 attack every 26 days.
Conclusions: There is a large difference in the magnitude of these two causes of deaths from injury. Policy makers need to be aware of this when allocating resources to preventing these two avoidable causes of mortality. "
Showing posts with label Terrorism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Terrorism. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Fear and Terrorism
What happened to "Nothing to fear but fear itself"? Every time we change our behavior or allow our freedom to be limited the terrorists win.
A short list of compiled US death rates. Rates are given in deaths per 100,000 per year.
- Motor vehicle accident 1999-2002: 15.3
- Firearms 2003: 10.3
- Terrorism 2001: 1.06
- Terrorism 1993-2003: 0.012
Just wanted to show everything in perspective. We should be at terror level chartreuse on cars ... They are dangerous. Everyone driving should be licensed to handle a lethal weapon. We should raise the driving age, minors should not have such great responsibility. Re-licensing every couple of years should be mandatory. Think about it ...
A final note on death rates:
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