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10,800 births. (One every 8 seconds.)
7,200 deaths. (One every 12seconds)
1,860 of these deaths are from heart disease.
400 are from lung disease.
385 deaths are the result of mistakes by health care professionals.
219 die from infections created in hospitals.
116 die in car crashes, one of which is likely to be a suicide.
38 people die from AIDS (2003 figures).
35 are murdered (too many for cable television to dwell upon).
33 die from unnecessary surgery.
14 die from food poisoning (about 5,000 per year)
6,000 reported assaults.
5,700 reported burglaries.
3,000 car thefts.
1,000 reported frauds.
SOURCES:
http://www.mercola.com/2000/jul/30/doctors_death.htm
http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html