Originally Posted by
gingernut
some would say 250k is an underestimate
Urrr... Where is the 250k and what is it an underestimate of?
Anyway, checkout the UK deaths data for 2004 at
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloa...31/DH2No31.pdf
Download
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloa.../Table2.19.xls and look at rows 945 (ICD Y40) to 1065 (ICD Y84.8)
Row 991 (Y60-Y69) - 'Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care' - (11 males and 21 females) is worth a look.
Now, either Stats UK are out by an order of magnitude or two OR there is a cover-up of holocaust proportions going on OR the bash-medicine brigade are telling porkies. You decide.
And Tigs2, next time you get some chest pain or your kid breaks an arm falling out of the apple-tree you'd best stay home and figure it out yourself!
