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From: Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Don't want to die? Become a bum!
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 19:43:14 +0900
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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.


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