Declan Murphy wrote:
> Kevin Gowen wrote:
> 
>> http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html
>> The U.S. death rate is 8.34/1000 (2004)
>>
>> http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/12/22/dying.homeless.ap/index.html
>> "The homeless coalition estimates there are more than 3.5 million 
>> homeless Americans nationwide. An estimated 3,000 died last year, and 
>> the homeless coalition expects that figure to rise this year."
>>
>> 3,000/3.5 million = 0.86/1000
>>
>> The average American is 9.7 times more likely to die than a bum.
> 
> 
> Completely wrong. Not very mathematically gifted are you? To even start 
> to compare the stats you would need to compare like with like.

Did you fire Brett because you wanted to decrease his chance of dying?

- Kevin