doctor disease

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 02:38 PM 5/10/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Damn, I knew it was bad but it is even worse than I thought.
>Just heard on KPFK (the science guy show) that a new report (Rand, I
>think) shows that doctor incompetence is the third leading killer in
>the US, only outranked by heart disease and cancer.
>-- 
>Marta

Sounds like newage witchcraft.  

Of 2,338,100 deaths in 1998, only 93,200 are attributed to "accidents and
adverse effects" of which 41,800 are motor vehicle accidents.  The
remaining 51,400 death include all other accidents (industrial, plane
crashes, accidental gun shots, and I presume doctor's malpracrice).

http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/statab/sec02.pdf

wojtek