Sat, Jan-24-04, 23:56
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Senior Member
Posts: 2,018
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 320/220/195
BF:
Progress: 80%
Location: Pensacola, FL
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Originally Posted by centikel
I have to get back at Bloom and gloomberg somehow! I simply cannot believe how tasteless and dumb a mayor of such a great city can be! Besides it belittles the fact that people really do die from simple things like falls and head injuries - through no fault of their own or anyone else's. My husband just today found out that his optometrist died just a few days after we saw him from just such a fall. Poor Mrs. Atkins. Man would I be steamed!
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Actually, the numbers are quite interesting...
http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statinfo/odds.htm
1 in 269 people will die as the result of a fall...1 in 6,336 will die as a result of slipping, tripping, or stumbling on level ground, just as Dr. Atkins did. In fact, you are twice as likely to die as a result of a fall, than you are to be hit by a car while walking down the street. 4x more people die from Falls than from Motorcycle Accidents. 2,000 more people die every year as the result of an accidental fall than are murdered with a gun. Chew on that one...
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