Public Transport Kills!

[regmolehusband]

I've just been researching some cause of death statistics to help me with a newspaper letter feud I'm having with somebody.

Did you know that around 3400 people are killed in "transport accidents" (as opposed to Motor vehicle traffic accidents) every year??!! Give me a car any day, at least I'm largely in control of my own destiny! Perhaps transport 2000 would like to comment on that statistic?

It's sad to see the peak in deaths amongst young male drivers though - calm down lads you're giving us ALL a bad name. I wonder how many of those younger deaths contribute to the overall "speed related" figure that has resulted in ALL of us being persecuted by the government?

Around 4300 people are killed in accidental falls!

Interesting statistics here [url]www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/xsdataset.asp?More=Y&vlnk=3731&All=Y&B2.x=78&B2.y=4[/url]

It's from 2000 but was updated this year.

"Reg"

>>> Edited by regmolehusband on Thursday 24th February 20:53

[ca092003]

I imagine the deaths from MRSA are pretty horrific!

[medicineman]

10,000 a year in preventable drug drug deaths (this is prescribed drugs)
Approx 100,000 thru hospital infections.

[regmolehusband]

>> Edited by regmolehusband on Thursday 24th February 20:53

[Flat in Fifth]

Reg,

Willing to be corrected but the way I read the table is that transport accidents (cause code E800-E848)accounted for 3416 deaths.
Of which there is a subset called motor vehicle accidents (codes E810-E819) which accounted for 3198.
Therefore 218 transport related but not motor vehicle accidents.

Does that make sense?

Seeing as a death can only have one cause according to the footnotes how does someone who ends up under a train get allocated? According to coroners verdict I guess, eg suicide/accident.

Have transferred data (edit>copy>special paste) into Excel. If get time will check a bit more to see if my interpretation stacks up.

Hope that helps.
FiF

>> Edited by Flat in Fifth on Thursday 24th February 15:00

[echo]

regmolehusband said:

..at least I'm largely in control of my own destiny!

If all drivers are 'largely in control of their own destiny' then who is having all the rta's?

It's not me

[streaky]

Every bus crash in Nigeria kill tens of people ... usually the ones hanging on the outside and sitting/standing on the roof - Streaky

[supraman2954]

echo said:

If all drivers are 'largely in control of their own destiny' then who is having all the rta's?

Pedestrians
(those who walk out in the paths of cars without looking)

[MR2Mike]

Notice that males lead the death in virtualy every non-disease related category, with the noteable exception of "accidental falls". Are women inherently clumsier or is it due to wearing high heels?

[rsvmilly]

Accidental poisoning kills 771 men and only 298 women!

Do you think the blokes should change their dish cloths more than once per year?