Originally Posted by
tylenol
I always see this thread, growing and wonder why there isn't a similar thread about poison control or alcohol control which kill more people...
In 2013 there were 31,616 deaths involving guns (20,666 were suicides), 10,950 of those were homicides, If I recall that number is also falling, the number also includes gang homicides which I'd love to see what the total would be if gang homicides were excluded
In 2013 there were 32,719 motor vehicle deaths, 10,076 of those were due to alcohol
In 2010 (can't find 2013) there were 42,917 deaths attributed to poison
But when you get down to percentages I guess all 3 of those only killed about 0.035% of the population