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Re:The Fireplace Delusion by pbreit on Monday March 11, 2013 @06:00AM (#5355774)
Your pool deaths are inflated. The 390 is over 3 years 07-09. And gun deaths spike after age 14 where I presume pool drowning a continue to fall. Further, guns lead to very large injury numbers which I'm guessing greatly exceed pool-related injuries even more. Pools aren't that dangerous.
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Re:The Fireplace Delusion by vellum on Monday March 11, 2013 @07:39AM (#5356069)
The 390 is the annual average number for those 3 years, not total. According to wonder.cdc.gov, for ages 0-14, there were 334 pool deaths in 2008 alone.
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Re:The Fireplace Delusion by pbreit on Monday March 11, 2013 @12:13PM (#5357647)
You're right on the pool death numbers being an average. But I'm still not sure you're point has been made.
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